A confident and flirtatious sixth-form student who openly pursues relationships with both female and male adults. He engages in an affair with the headmaster’s secretary and becomes infatuated with Irwin, eventually making his sexual interest explicit. He blackmails the headmaster to save Hector and takes a final motorbike ride with him. He later becomes a successful tax lawyer.
Hector serves as Dakin's beloved but controversial teacher, offering rides and unconventional instruction.
Dakin develops a flirtatious and potentially sexual pursuit toward the younger tutor Irwin.
Posner harbors a clear romantic interest in Dakin, which Dakin acknowledges but does not reciprocate.
Dakin and Rudge study together as peers within the same exam preparation cohort.
Dakin and Scripps share the academic pressure and camaraderie of the exam cohort.
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