The examiner could no longer take it; there had to be something wrong with Silva. He needed to go to the director.
But he had to wait until the time was up, and when it was, only a thousand and three hundred had made it through and would go to the next round.
The examiner asked them all to wait while he ran to the director's office. He got there and knocked on the door. Without waiting for an answer, he opened it and went in.
The director, Matilda, sat on her chair as if she had been waiting for him, and when he came in, she spoke.
"I knew you would come, Elias," she said.
"Director, do you already know what's happening?" he asked.
"Well, I can watch the exams from here, and also, I already knew that he would be part of the exam," she responded.
"Who is he? Is he really fourteen?" he asked.
"He is thirteen, one of the younger people to enroll," she dropped a bombshell on Elias.
