I was expecting the tearful ticking off, the girlish recriminations and all the rest of the bag of tricks along those lines.

The old man was fumbling with his sleeve button. Parker bared the arm, polished a little spot with a wisp of cotton saturated with alcohol, grasped the pathetically flabby skin with experienced fingers; and, tipping up the syringe, pushed the piston gently to expel the air.

The Highland men, they're clever men At handling sword and shield,

However, this chapter will focus less upon the work specific tasks and more upon the ways in which trainees came to reflect upon and assess their own teacherhood.