TONS AND THORNS OF GOLD

back whatever abuse he would have liked to voice against the other man, no doubt conscious of th

d sharply on Fred, and the latter discovered t

passed a hand over hi

for y

e porter was normally this waspish or something had ha

se agbero work, dey come show say you get muscle. Make God help you make I no come catch you one day say you true-true fight for this school, na dat day you

an's admonition

aid the younger porte

o 200 Level and begin to command some respect? He felt like ignoring the m

ir,' h

itorium. Check the notice boards for the time and the other programmes for each day. If I were you, I wouldn't miss any of it at all. At the end of the Orientation Course, we shall take it that every new student knows all

d said about Mighty Scorpion being the one who had slapped him. He felt it was unfair that the little fellow who ha

entation Course,' the man tol

r. Than

positively shooed him and the girl out of

opposite direction of the Common Room. He walked beside

you sorr

the way he practically pushed us out of their office

ugged a

his school. Most of the characters I know in this place, who call the

e average in height, slender and with the kind of complexion now generally known as 'chocolate' - midway between light and dark. Her hair was in long perm

nk y

t fo

iate it very much, even though I can't understand why you had

'Maybe I would have done it anyway - irrespective of whether you were a Catholic or not - but I

e'. Fred's mother, Nkem, was a deeply religious person. Being her only child, he had practically grown up inside the church, being dragged every day, willy-nilly, to the gathering of almost all the lay societies in their Parish, in

the girl said, waking

ked if you weren't

gel

he back of his mind still rang Ceecee's ominous words, so that the smile was anyth

hy

He said and paused for an answer. Wh

lf. And you'

He still felt shaky inside and it made him want to talk: 'Wow! Do you know that this is actually my very first evening on campus? I moved in this afternoon.

ave a sh

he said. 'The reason they picked on

del, running his eyes down his simple getup of T-shirt, j

s. There were low flower beds and brick benches scattered around the park. A handful of students were lounging in the

ise. Pulling up his right leg over the left one, he placed his