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Chapter 2

           Itwouldbedifferentabroad;therewouldhenocommonroom,andIwouldwritepoetry.Shereturned.Allthegoodthingshadgone,shewasterriblyafraid.Buttherewerethese.ShehandedmeasheetaboutaschoolinMilan.Ishookmyhead.Sheapproved.

           "Wellactuallythenthere’sonlythis.We’vejustadvertisedit."Shehandedmeaclipping.

           

           THELORDBYRONSCHOOL,PHRAXOS

           

           TheLordByronSchool,Phraxos,Greece,requiresinearlyOctoberanassistantmastertoteachEnglish.CandidatesmustbesingleandmusthaveadegreeinEnglish.AknowledgeofModernGreekisnotessential.Thesalaryisworthabout£600perannum,andisfullyconvertible.Two-yearcontract,renewable.Farespaidatthebeginningandendofcontract.

           

           "Andthis."

           Itwasaninformationsheetthatlongwindedlyamplifiedtheadvertisement.PhraxoswasanislandintheAegeanabouteightymilesfromAthens.TheLordByronwas"oneofthemostfamousboardingschoolsinGreece,runonEnglishpublic-schoollines"whencethename.Itappearedtohaveeveryfacilityaschoolshouldhave.Onehadtogiveamaximumoffivelessonsaday.

           "Theschool’sterriblywellspokenof.Andtheisland’ssimplyheavenly."

           "You’vebeenthere?"

           Shewasaboutthirty,abornspinster,withalackofsexualitysototalthathersmartclothesandtooheavymakeupmadeherpathetic;likeanunsuccessfulgeisha.Shehadn’tbeenthere,buteverybodysaidso.Irereadtheadvertisement.

           "Why’vetheyleftitsolate?"

           "Well,weunderstandtheydidappointanotherman

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