"But do you have to know the human structure in such detail?" asked Lucy.
"On Tuesday morning we do," said the Thomas who slept. "After that we can forget it for the rest of our lives."
Lucy, remembering the Monday morning visit to the gymnasium which she had promised herself, wondered if physical work ceased during Final Examinations week. Oh, no, they assured her. Not with the Dem. only a fortnight ahead. The Demonstration, she was given to understand, ranked only a short head behind Final Examinations as a hazard.
"All our parents come," said one of the Disciples, "and-"
"The parents of all of us, she means," put in a fellow Disciple.
"— and people from rival colleges, and all the-"
"All the civic swells of Larborough," put in a third. It seemed that when one Disciple burst into speech the others followed automatically.
"And all the County big-wigs," finished the fourth.
"It's murder," said the first, summing it up for them.
"I like the Dem.," said Rouse. And again that odd silence fell.