"Mmmm," Spencer grinned a little slyly, "how far off is that now? Shouldn't you be on study leave or something?"
He sipped at his coffee again, feeling better for something more interesting than profit-loss statements, although he always did heck most thoroughly the ones for his own store first. "Worth a thought, unless you're that confident that you'll pass, which by the way you should be, that you don't need study leave?"