Well, it had been fun while it lasted. Jimmy had been too embroiled at the centre of his own one-man-show to notice the professor until she was looming right over him with a shattering rebuke.
He’d lost points and he was supposed to go. Oops. His shoulders shaking slightly with unexpelled laughter, he figured that Professor Benwick wouldn’t much want him to hang around and finish chewing, so - as an encore for his more appreciative onlookers - Jimmy leant forwards and hacked the too-large mouthful of potato back up and onto his plate (the potato half mashed now, and looking somewhat more like cat sick).
With that, he clambered from the bench and trotted out, perfectly cheerfully.
The thought of remedial etiquette lessons might have ruined his day, if Jimmy had had the faintest idea what remedial meant.
He’d lost points and he was supposed to go. Oops. His shoulders shaking slightly with unexpelled laughter, he figured that Professor Benwick wouldn’t much want him to hang around and finish chewing, so - as an encore for his more appreciative onlookers - Jimmy leant forwards and hacked the too-large mouthful of potato back up and onto his plate (the potato half mashed now, and looking somewhat more like cat sick).
With that, he clambered from the bench and trotted out, perfectly cheerfully.
The thought of remedial etiquette lessons might have ruined his day, if Jimmy had had the faintest idea what remedial meant.
