tony also had had some problems fitting in. his peers treated him with polite indifference. he sensed that a couple of them resented that he, an outsider, had been brought right in at their level after they had had to work themselves up the ladder. on tuesday. he had asked two colleagues about playing golf. they had politely declined,saying that they did not play often. but later in the week, he had overheard them making arrangements to play that very Saturday.