A young, ambitious temporary tutor hired to prepare students for Oxford/Cambridge exams. He is exacting and evasive about his true academic background, which turns out to be Bristol rather than Oxford. He experiences repressed attraction to Dakin but fails to meet him later. He survives the fatal motorcycle accident with a broken leg and eventually becomes a television history programme maker.
Dakin develops a flirtatious and potentially sexual pursuit toward the younger tutor Irwin.
Hector and Irwin share a final, fateful journey at the headmaster's insistence.
Posner and Irwin interact primarily as student and tutor within the exam preparation group.
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