Tener drank the last drop of wine in his glass, then grabbed his hat to leave.
Girard hurriedly stopped him: "Where are you going?"
"Of course to prepare the application," Tener's face flushed bright red, not knowing if it was due to alcohol or excessive excitement, "and then review classical literature. I swear, this time I absolutely won't complain about Mr. Cicero."
Cicero occupies quite a large portion in "Classical Literature," which is also the part Tener finds most challenging.
The next morning, Tener was startled awake by the church bells while sleeping at his desk, initially seeing the half-written, saliva-stained doctoral application — he had drunk a bit too much yesterday afternoon and unintentionally fell asleep.
He pulled another sheet of paper from the shelf, preparing to transcribe the application, but the pen hovered in mid-air.
