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Chapter 4


"Is Mr. Norton in his room?" he said to the girl.
"Yessir, Dr. Bledsoe, sir," she said. "He said to tell you to come in
when you got here."
Pausing at the door I heard him clear his throat, then rap softly
upon the panel with his fist.
"Mr. Norton?" he said, his lips already a smile. And at the answer I
followed him inside.
It was a large light room. Mr. Norton sat in a huge wing chair with
his jacket off. A change of clothing lay on the cool bedspread. Above a
spacious fireplace an oil portrait of the Founder looked down at me remotely,
benign, sad, and in that hot instant, profoundly disillusioned. Then a veil
seemed to fall.
"I've been worried about you, sir," Dr. Bledsoe said. "We expected
you at the afternoon session . . ."
Now it's beginning, I thought. Now --
And suddenly he rushed forward. "Mr. Norton, your head!" he cried,
a strange grandmotherly concern in his voice. "What happened, sir?"
"It's nothing." Mr. Norton's face was immobile. "A mere scratch."
Dr. Bledsoe whirled around, his face outraged. "Get the doctor over
here," he said. "Why didn't you tell me that Mr. Norton had been injured?"
"I've already taken care of that, sir," I said softly, seeing him whirl
back."PG 103-104
I think this is important because this is the part where Dr.Bledsoe was very angry at the narrator because he though he was a careful , a sensible young man to go with Mr.Norton. Dr.Bledseo though that they was in a car accident. The narrator try to explain that it was it just a whiskey that got him over board. In his though , he was blaming Jim Trueblood,if they had never sat down,it would of never happen. When Mr.Noton talked to Dr.Bledseo he convince him that it was the narrator fault . The narrator felt so relieved and that Mr.Narton is supporting him towards his college education.

"Very good. Self-reliance is a most worthy virtue. I shall look forward
with the greatest of interest to learning your contribution to my fate." He
motioned me toward the door. "And don't forget to see Dr. Bledsoe."
I left somewhat reassured, but not completely. I still had to face Dr.
Bledsoe. And I had to attend chapel."PG 107-108