Chapter 256: Saviours, Part 14

Mr Kalkowski

He aims the pipe at her, punctuating his words with the movement. “Jenny, your life is ahead of you. You say you believe you should leave. I believe you are correct.”

She holds up her hands, palms to heaven. “What should I do? I don’t know….”

The old man puffs a curling ring of smoke. It spins, a writhing vortex in the air, then disperses. “The Greek philosopher Plutarch said that the mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. Here, Jenny, you have learned. You have been taught. But when you are truly educated, you learn to think.”

“You still think I should go to university?”

“It is what I have always believed Jenny. It was not my place to interfere when you decided to marry Chad, but now….”

Thoughtful, she pours another cup of tea, tilts the pot to her mentor. He nods, and she pours a second cup.

“How would I do it?”

“I retained all the forms and other information from when you were first going to apply. You have only to use them.”