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The room went quiet. Professor Skank sparkled with delight. She wheeled on the spot and regarded unctuous little Punchface, licking his lips from the front row. “Ex''actly'', Ramsay!  [[Key performance indicator]]!
The room went quiet. Professor Skank sparkled with delight. She wheeled on the spot and regarded unctuous little Punchface, licking his lips from the front row. “Ex''actly'', Ramsay!  [[Key performance indicator]]!
“Ma’am, where is Professor Cavalier?” asked Algy.
Angus Cavalier was the school’s usual Defence against Indemnities teacher. He may have been a crusty old malcontent and a dope fiend, but the children respected him for his practical and direct manner. They forgave him the occasional recess to toot medicinal opium — he needed it, he claimed, to alleviate the pain of injuries sustained at the Battle of Bretton Woods — and in any case it made the remainder of the class a whole lot more languid.