Chapters 26 through 28 Summary

In chapter twenty-six, Amanda is in the dining hall and Toby notes that she doesn't seem to eat much. The daily announcements include students who have been dismissed for various causes and Toby says that one had "huffed" chemicals and another had been medicine that wasn't his own. He says that it happens routinely and that's why students like Amanda have the opportunity to step in to St. Matthew's for a year to prepare for an exclusive college. Toby tells Amanda that he sometimes watches her run while he's rowing on the Seneca River and that her expression is not happy. Amanda is worried about her math grade but hopes that Dartmouth will be willing to take a well-rounded student who has only an average grade in math. Later that day, she sees Robert Arnette who tells her that he expects...