There is the nipping hint of a cold winter to come in the air. Buzz Bierbeck, the football coach waits on the commons for his friend, Hank Morrison, h...story teacher, to join him. They will wend their way off campus to a local bar where they will have a drink and conversation before going home to their wives.Buzz sees Hank approaching, walking in his slouching way with his ever-present pipe dangling from his teeth. He looks beyond Hank, past his shoulder, as he sees Gail Hanover, Mrs. Rod. There happily bounding about by her side was a mongrel dog, a creamy coloured short-haired Labrador cross. I hadn’t heard any dog noises above those of the girls until now, and then the occasional barking of the dog suddenly clicked into place in my expectations. She was brushing the dog, using a mitt to really polish op his coat. He stood there as she playfully groomed out his shed hair onto the mitt, then she passed her hand beneath him and polished his stomach, moving back and forth from his. Lisa knew there was no way to get out of it now, at least not without appearing silly, and that was something she wanted to avoid at all costs. She would just have to control herself. Resigning herself to the situation, Lisa resolved to feel nothing."I am ready." She said with a confidence that she didn't feel. She hoped that they couldn't detect the falseness of it in her voice."First of all, Kevin, we'll stand here at the end of the exam table in front of the patient. This position is best. For some time Tony and Maria sat with her mother, just talking about generalities, but after about half an hour, her father came and asked Maria to give him a hand in entertaining the guests. Tony wondered briefly why he had not asked his wife instead of Maria to assist him, as she was the hostess. Maria seemed very reluctant to go with her father, but she promised Tony she would not be too long.Her mother moved chairs to sit next to Tony, she explained so that she could sit and watch the flow.