PART 28
At exactly 11:46 am the firm's director sent word that he should assemble in his office. What for - one could hazard any guess save for the possibility that the director wanted him paid off. He wasn't about to let his hopes be raised up and then sourly shattered again.
Inside the office of the firm's director he felt the ease and genial attitude of the director as he introduced him to the issues for which he wanted his audience and contribution.
The long and short of it was that the director wanted to conduct certain inquiries about what he believed and what was rumoured about Bewin's ongoing relation with the Christian Academy - in and outside the city.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
PART 27
So you could imagine his chagrin when the firm's director, directed that no one person should be paid - just yet. And that was about a week before the aforementioned morning.
On that said morning, Bewin was already in his cubicle in the firm, three hours before noon, swotting over spreadsheets and figures. He had the simple task of cross - checking figures and editing spreadsheets. It was a simple task but he was no near disillusioned: that it wasn't an important task or that it wasn't an arduous one. One wrong turn of the pen could have the firm talking out of the wrong end of it's mouth
So you could imagine his chagrin when the firm's director, directed that no one person should be paid - just yet. And that was about a week before the aforementioned morning.
On that said morning, Bewin was already in his cubicle in the firm, three hours before noon, swotting over spreadsheets and figures. He had the simple task of cross - checking figures and editing spreadsheets. It was a simple task but he was no near disillusioned: that it wasn't an important task or that it wasn't an arduous one. One wrong turn of the pen could have the firm talking out of the wrong end of it's mouth
Friday, May 7, 2010
PART 26
By any standard, you could say the building, his office was located was a highrise. A skyscraper? Perhaps not, but a highrise of eight floors all the same.
The street on which the building was located was not your every day African venue littered with people, rubbish and that smell that can only be found in most African streets and marketplaces; the smell of perspiration.
The street in question, you could say was in a very highbrow-ish part of the city and not only was it highbrow, it also attracted the sort of fees that only the wealthy, in the beloved and most populous black nation of the world, could afford.
By any standard, you could say the building, his office was located was a highrise. A skyscraper? Perhaps not, but a highrise of eight floors all the same.
The street on which the building was located was not your every day African venue littered with people, rubbish and that smell that can only be found in most African streets and marketplaces; the smell of perspiration.
The street in question, you could say was in a very highbrow-ish part of the city and not only was it highbrow, it also attracted the sort of fees that only the wealthy, in the beloved and most populous black nation of the world, could afford.
PART 25
The early morning sun on a different morning, was not hot enough to counter fully the effects of the morning dew and the cold morning humid wind that blew as in the north-east trade winds, blowing across the Sahara down the Niger Delta. Like earlier mentioned, it was the dry and hot season of the year. It's just that the time of day was not yet at that temperature and time when the sun blazes on at high noon.
Bewin Smith was at his wit's end, one should quickly say. He was supposed to have returned, some days ago, to the Unction of the Spirit Christian Academy and resume participation in academic activities. But his boss had refused to pay him off. And he was at a loss about what to do for money, especially now that end of year festivities demanded extra expenditure.
The early morning sun on a different morning, was not hot enough to counter fully the effects of the morning dew and the cold morning humid wind that blew as in the north-east trade winds, blowing across the Sahara down the Niger Delta. Like earlier mentioned, it was the dry and hot season of the year. It's just that the time of day was not yet at that temperature and time when the sun blazes on at high noon.
Bewin Smith was at his wit's end, one should quickly say. He was supposed to have returned, some days ago, to the Unction of the Spirit Christian Academy and resume participation in academic activities. But his boss had refused to pay him off. And he was at a loss about what to do for money, especially now that end of year festivities demanded extra expenditure.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
PART 24
Seeing that the upperhand in the situation belonged to him, the rector made to gently apply a superior injunction to the effect that though the Academy would not stop organizing church activities on the village grounds, they would not attempt to do the same on days the village may be having it's own festivities. At least to avoid discord of any sort that may arise out of having two different festivities on the same day, and in the same surroundings.
With this the meeting was brought to an abrupt end. The old man called Enowman could not help but feel, he had only succeeded in giving himself away. Now it looked like they were the ones who would need permission before they organize any celebrations or festivities in their own village.
Seeing that the upperhand in the situation belonged to him, the rector made to gently apply a superior injunction to the effect that though the Academy would not stop organizing church activities on the village grounds, they would not attempt to do the same on days the village may be having it's own festivities. At least to avoid discord of any sort that may arise out of having two different festivities on the same day, and in the same surroundings.
With this the meeting was brought to an abrupt end. The old man called Enowman could not help but feel, he had only succeeded in giving himself away. Now it looked like they were the ones who would need permission before they organize any celebrations or festivities in their own village.
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