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Grimmers　problem。　He　could　sympathize　with　the　parents　of　the　murder　victims。

With　the　murdered　children　themselves；　of　course。　And　with　Monkey　DeLong。　Let

the　reader　lay　blame。　In　those　days　he　hadnt　wanted　to　judge。　The　cloak　of　the

moralist　sat　badly　on　his　shoulders。

He　had　started　The　Little　School　in　the　same　optimistic　vein。　But　lately　he

had　begun　to　choose　up　sides；　and　worse　still；　he　had　e　to　loathe　his　hero；

Gary　Benson。　Originally　conceived　as　a　bright　boy　more　cursed　with　money　than

blessed　with　it；　a　boy　who　wanted　more　than　anything　to　pile　a　good　record　so

he　could　go　to　a　good　university　because　he　had　earned　admission　and　not　because

his　father　had　pulled　strings；　he　had　bee　to　Jack　a　kind　of　simpering　Goody

Two…shoes；　a　postulant　before　the　altar　of　knowledge　rather　than　a　sincere

acolyte；　an　outward　paragon　of　Boy　Scout　virtues；　inwardly　cynical；　filled　not

with　real　brilliance　（as　he　had　first　been　conceived）　but　only　with　sly　animal

cunning。　All　through　the　play　he　unfailingly　addressed　Denker　as　〃sir；〃　just　as

Jack　had　taught　his　own　son　to　address　those　older　and　those　in　authority　as

〃sir。〃　He　thought　that　Danny　used　the　word　quite　sincerely；　and　Gary　Benson　as

originally　conceived　had　too；　but　as　he　had　begun　Act　V；　it　had　e　more　and

more　strongly　to　him　that　Gary　was　using　the　word　satirically；　outwardly

straight…faced　while　the　Gary　Benson　inside　was　mugging　and　leering　at　Denker。

Denker；　who　had　never　had　any　of　the　things　Gary　had。　Denker；　who　had　had　to

work　all　his　life　just　to　bee　head　of　a　single　little　school。　Who　was　now

faced　with　ruin　over　this　handsome；　innocent…seeming　rich　boy　who　had　cheated　on

his　Final　position　and　had　then　cunningly　covered　his　tracks。　Jack　had　seen

Denker　the　teacher　as　not　much　different　from　the　strutting　South　American

little　Caesars　in　their　banana　kingdoms；　standing　dissidents　up　against　the　wall

of　the　handiest　squash　or　handball　court；　a　super…zealot　in　a　paratively

small　puddle；　a　man　whose　every　whim　bees　a　crusade。　In　the　beginning　he　had

wanted　to　use　his　play　as　a　microcosm　to　say　something　about　the　abuse　of　power。

Now　he　tended　more　and　more　to　see　Denker　as　a　Mr。　Chips　figure；　and　the　tragedy

was　not　the　intellectual　racking　of　Gary　Benson　but　rather　the　destruction　of　a

kindly　old　teacher　and　headmaster　unable　to　see　through　the　cynical　wiles　of

this　monster　masquerading　as　a　boy。

He　hadnt　been　able　to　finish　the　play。

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