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The weeks following the trip to Manchester are torture for Margaret. Leo is in a dark mood and even flying hasn't loosened it.
The door to the office opens and Mr. McGarry stumbles in holding his head. Margaret is instantly up to see what is wrong, but Leo pushes her away.
A faint thunk can be heard from Leo's office a few minutes later. Margaret goes to investigate and finds Leo slumped over, sleeping on his desk. Upon closer inspection she realizes what is wrong. He had neither showered nor shaved and he smells distinctly of alcohol.
At least he doesn't have any appointments today.
The problem is that he is supposed to be preparing his lecture notes for his speech at Berkley in California.
Margaret begins to pull books off of the shelves in Leo's office. Surely I can outline a few major Supreme Court cases and connect them to today. I'm a smart girl.
Around lunchtime Leo tries to get her to go home, but she had just chosen which cases to include in the lecture. She isn't anywhere near done so he can just suffer through the hangover in his office. Margaret is bound and determined that he is going to learn something.
Five hours later Margaret has cases from Marbury v. Madison to Roe v. Wade outlined and related. Leo, hopefully, would be able to add his flare to it later.
Margaret then gathers her things to go home and pack. She had forgotten that they were stopping in Chicago to visit Leo's mother and refuel the plane.
Sorry this is so short, but the next part is long and requires a great deal of editing.
I want to put Margaret's famous list of rules for scheduling meetings in this story, but my mind keeps going blank on what they could be so I'm asking for reader suggestions. I would greatly appreciate anyone who could spark some ideas for me. Please e-mail them to the address in my profile.
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