The Red and the Black
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Your father catches you reading above the saw blade and throws the book in the river. The mayor of Verrieres wants Latin taught to his sons, and your Latin is the only thing about you worth money. You play Julien Sorel, who bargains for a black suit before he will go. At the gate the mayor calls you a boy; his wife, expecting a harsh old cleric, asks whether you have come looking for work, then asks what you truly fear in her house.
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- The Tutor from the SawmillVerrieres