Summary

Antal completed high school and was accepted to university, where his entrance examinations drew the attention of Dekker, who took Antal under his supervision and, early on, recommended that he avoid getting involved in politics. This turned out to be good advice, as it meant that Antal was able to avoid becoming part of Hungary's fascist movement during the 1930s and '40s. He dated widely during his college years, but it was at the funeral of his boarding school headmaster that he first encountered Iza, who was also in attendance with her father. Antal's first impression of Iza was that of a soldier, standing sentinel beside her father and observing from a distance. Later that day he discovered that Iza had been turned down for entrance to the university, but that Dekker, who had spoken with Vince at the funeral...