Last year I recounted how my then 15-year-old daughter's mother had suggested I would be pleased to learn she (the daughter) had opted to study the classics. On receiving my concurrence she had then startled me by saying, "Good. It will cost you $7000. " $7000 for text-books seemed a bit rich but as it transpired, "studying the classics" comprised gallivanting about Italy, Crete and Greece, ...
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