From Ledgers to Scripts
During the fist weeks of the summer, Monte Ziltch didn't even have time
to consider whether he had made an egregious mistake. He was too engrossed
with his work, performing a thousand and one odd jobs around the theater.
First there was an opening production of "A Chorus Line", and then two 
weeks of "The Fantanstiks", followed by a poignant  "Diary of Anne Frank"
which did excellent business. All through those weeks, Monte painted, 
carried, nailed, collected, ran, studied, perspired. He had expunged all
traces of debits and credits from his mind, burying himself in the more 
flamboyant world of theatre. Accounting became anathema to him as the 
schism between his present utopia and his former drudgery widened.


To save face--Instead of firing the corrupt executive, they allowed
him to retire in order that he might save face.
(to avoid disgrace)