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“You know, you sound a very educated man for
a barbarian,” said Rincewind.

“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?”

“Tt 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?”