Professor Hartzenbach's Disappointment

Professor Hartzenbach bridled at that. He'd been hoping to lasso Mirrell himself. The great author ought to be coming to his school out of respect for him, not because a seventeen-year-old cup reporter sent to him. But then, Professor Hartzenbach always took the attitude that he was conferring a favor on the times when he had anything he wanted publicity on. Lawdier and the professor joined in the push to get into it. I hung back, deciding to wait for the next one so that I could get in first and get back to the rear where my hamper wouldn't be in people's way. After a while, I came back empty