“Oh, umm, well not so great I guess,” Kimberley said rather sheepishly, “I mean it wasn’t your fault, you were a great teacher, sir. I guess I...��m just kind of dumb.”“Don’t say that Kimberley, you’re certainly not dumb.” I told her, “You just didn’t really apply yourself. But school isn’t for everyone. There’s plenty of hugely successful people who did dreadfully at school.”“Really?” Kimberley said, perking up.“Absolutely, you just need to find something that interests you Kimberley, and you’ll. Come in. you'll find some in the study, if not on the bookshelf upstairs on the landing. Help yourself while I get dressed”Thanks she called out as she went down the hall to the study, I went upstairs. After brushing my teeth, I went into my bedroom to get dressed.I was searching out some clothes when I heard her coming up the stairs.“Any luck” I called out“I have one that might be ok, mind if I check the bookshelf out”?“Sure, it’s just to the right of the top of the stairs”.I had put my. No one is that impatient, seems like to me, except out there. Charlie?”“Yeah, Brenda?“Wuuup, Sirens behind us. Hang on.” She pulled to the shoulder as an ambulance and a fire truck whizzed by.“You were saying?”“Hmmm. Forgot. It was either a lie or not important enough to remember. That’s what my mom used to say.”“Well, if it comes to you, let me know. We have a lot to learn about each other. Next month we’ll be spending about a week together. Let me know if I can do anything for you while we’re. They sat up at that, I tell you."That's right!," Orville jumped up and said "That's exactly right! They're more interested in poking fun at us and our ways, than in selling our danged product for us.They think they're so danged subtle." Mr. Merriam. I think you nailed down in ten minutes what we've been trying to tell them for three Gol-Danged months.Orville eyed me for a moment. Then he went for it. "Jack, how would you present Babcock?'So I told them. It wasn't exactly what was written on our.