The tutor wandered in late, and looked distinctly like his lunch had been a little yeasty. "Good afternoon, class," he said, and let his gaze traverse the room until his bespectacled eyes fell upon me. He stared at me through wire-framed pince-nez. Waiting.
I cleared my throat. "Uh, good afternoon," I said.
"Hm. Looks like it's just you and me, then. Very well."
He reached behind the lectern and pulled out a large burlap sack, which he dropped with a muffled clatter on to the table. I looked at the
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