9. Average of a hundred calls from students "wanting" things--chiefly to
waste _the professor's_ time.
This is only about half the list. I say "No" to _everything_--softly,
of course. Otherwise how should I exist, breathe, even have time to
think?--much less write books? Oh dear, oh dear!--What a farce it is!
When they first started, they wanted the professors to wear a uniform of
scarlet and gold. (I am sure about the gold--not quite sure about the
scarlet.) The professors kicked at the gold,--luckily for themselves!
Ever affectionately,
LAFCADIO.