112 Jackie 1930–1962
Your appointment was a foregone conclusion, since it was only
the ill-will of the managers in the secondary sector that had
prevented our decision last year from being implemented. M.
Hyppolite and myself emphasized your right to the job and no
other candidate was put forward. However, you mustn’t have
any illusions about the amount of free time this job is going to
leave you with. But it’s true that the subjects you have to teach
will perhaps be closer to your own research.^9