The envelope, please

Well, I met with the chair of the Political Science Department this morning to get the results of my comprehensive exam. His administrative assistant had hinted earlier in the week that the results were good (to which I replied: "Well, of course! The only question is how good!").

To avoid sounding ego-centric or self-serving I won't go into detail about the chair's comments, but needless to say the result was passing, and with Distinction.