“Oh, dear me, I didn’t start out a barbarian. I used to be a school teacher. That’s why they call me Teach.” “What did you teach?” “Geography. And I was very interested in Auriental* studies. But I decided to give it up and make a living by the sword.” “After being a teacher all your life?” “It did mean a change of perspective, yes.” “But . . . well . . . surely . . . the privation, the terrible hazards, the daily risk of death . . .” Mr. Saveloy brightened up. “Oh, you’ve been a teacher, have you?”
