gather around , please , enchantress higgins said , waving her arms . `` now , we go face the music . '' i need to talk with you privately , said tammy . i did not , however , receive an apology . hed never lacked courage to face his enemies . rising out of my chair , i went over to him . one time i saw that guy , that short thin guy who was good at math , i said . the weeks had been a slice of heaven . 