Teaching is so demanding, and you get so little support. That pinch will have done Olive no harm - probably a lot of good.''Do you really think so?''Yes,' said Matthew. But then he went on, rather sadly, 'But I suppose that's not the world we live in, with all these regulations and busybodies about.' He paused. 'I think you've struck a blow for sanity. Or rather, pinched one.'She thought this very funny and laughed.'I'm rather fed up with teaching anyway,' Elspeth said.
-Alexander McCall Smith
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