After the deep talk with Karl, Francisco went back and apologized to Inez. Though he did it a bit unwillingly, he knew she wasn't truly a villain. He was still upset about her threat, but in the end, reason prevailed.
A few days later Francisco entered college. For his first semester, he decided to take Higher Algebra and Analytical Geometry under Professor Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Logic and Critique of Knowledge under Christoph Meiners, and Introduction to History under August Ludwig von Schlözer. Francisco had to find each professor and pay them directly for the right to attend their lectures. For him, learning mathematics and some history was a good first step toward improving his hometown—though, clearly, he hadn't thought things through very well. Five classes were absolutely titanic at the time, not only because of the cost but because the professors expected the very best from their students. This meant constant hard work.
