Beverly was not dense. At least, she didn't think she was. And it was precisely because she's not dense that she easily noticed the preferential treatment Professor Wentworth was giving to her friend Aubrey. Don't get me wrong, Professor Wentworth is kind to everybody; he's what you can call a bonafide air conditioner. But Beverly is able to tell that even this air conditioner has a setting only for Aubrey.
Professor Wentworth always brings the girl book recommendations, all of which just happen to be rare pieces that you can't just get anywhere. When he walks Aubrey to the bus station, he always stays on the car side of the road. He even got hurt saving Aurbrey from a broken roof. He treats her out to dinner nearly every night at the school cafeteria. Lastly, the man also helped Aubrey get a more stable high paying job in the university as his teaching assistant. If that doesn't reek of special treatment, Beverly doesn't know what does.
