Lazarus started to move past but the proctor did not get out of his way. To his surprise the Old Man was suited up. I froze solid. He was thinking of those two-legged wolves swarming over the job outside.
He gathered several butts and fashioned a roll-your-own with a bit of paper found in a pocket. He opened his eyes, was blinded by raw white light, and shut them hastily. He supervised getting Coster and his other desk moved into another office, saw to it that the phone in the new office was disconnected, and, as an afterthought, had a couch moved in there, too. But after a while he always had to open them and look.
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