Congratulations

Our man from Pluto was back on time. He was obviously in a good mood.

We saw to the venue and went through the arrangement together. (It was too late to wake up each patient and check for specific signs.) Time passed quickly and we all hurried back home.

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I shall not elaborate on the happenings of the examination. The marking scheme as well as the set up of one station were new to us, but they were not at all interesting.

After a busy day, all examiners gathered at the department library and went through the score of the candidates. Towards the end of the meeting, one local examiner said to our man from Pluto, "So, this would be the last time you being the host examiner ?"

The chief external examiner raised his eyebrows, "Joseph, you're moving higher up ?"

"Oh, not confirmed," our chairman tried to confine himself to the facts. His face turned slightly red, and he went on, "I am nominated to be the Vice Chancellor of our university. Stupid am I ?"

"I see ..." The chief external from Scotland made a meaningful twist of his lips. We could all hear the comment in his throat: That's a trying task.

There was a moment of silence.

"Well, maybe we should still say congratulations !" Another external examiner suggested.

We all laughed.