“I think I’ll be ready to face the committee and defend my dissertation by the time we get back from Europe,” Noah said.
“Great.”
“So how was your day?”
“Well, I got to play the new organ a bit.”
“You mean it’s finished?”
“They’re still doing the final tuning, but they’ll be finished on time.”
“What else?”
“How’d you know there’s a what else?”
“Because I know you.”
“I did sort of happen to have a short meeting with Agnes and Dr. Fillmore.”
“And?”
“I’ve been granted tenure, and I’m now a full professor.”
“Cool. Let’s go to bed and celebrate.”
“You talked me into it.”