Hammer and Anvil

Two small steps from a professor’s child might decide the course of George Hartwig’s life. For now, George and his friend Arthur are hiding behind a woodpile, hoping to escape school unseen.

In a late-summer classroom in an old monastery, the boys are meant to be translating Sophocles under the watchful eye of Professor Lederer. When Arthur’s request for a day of sailing ends in public humiliation, George refuses to leave his friend to face it alone. They slip from a window and creep toward the professor’s house, where one startled child could bring them back to class—and, George later suggests, change everything. What waits beyond the open door?

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