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Tessa Hadley Reads “The Maths Tutor”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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The Power of Patois

Lorraine and Callum sat down for a maths lesson. Lorraine was afraid that the tutor would be boring. The tutor laughed at the pair of them sitting there so unhappily just because of maths. Don't be afraid he said, trust me. He'd printed out lots of past exam papers. At every step of their session he involved Lorraine to take the pressure off Callum. When their hour was up she handed him an envelope with the money in it and asked if he'd like to stay for a coffee. He said that would be nice he wasn't in a hurry. She took pride in his navigation of the treacherous world of school. Let's see what your

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