He half-closed his eyes, getting the distance and the direction fixed hi his mind. But as he looked around the auditorium at the other students leaning forward or tilting toward each other, puzzled, whispering, he realized the full impact of the guillotine on their sensibilities. Thus, it being only monday morning, he was looking notably clean when susan entered--and was morally wound up to a higher key than he would be as the week wore on.
She somehow understood that her imagination had tried to protect her, to get her freeand had failed utterly.
He retrieved the foot, climbed back over the railing, and got the hell out of.