'Of course, I got by far the better end of the deal. Shosh, you proved to be a fantastic teacher. Often you didn’t need to say anything.'

I got the better end of the deal. Shosh, you proved to be a fantastic teacher. Often you didn’t need to say anything. I would read out some horribly clunky sentence and you would be grinning. I’d finish a dull passage and discover you were fast asleep.