“What is it?” asked Annabel, seeing the expression on Jim’s face as he entered the flat.
“I had no students for my lecture today,” he confessed. “I only had two on Wednesday.”
Annabel covered her mouth with her hands and then recovered a little.
“Call Devi,” she suggested. “We can’t live with this uncertainty.”
Jim did as she asked.
“I understand,” said Devi. “I’m used to lecturing in front of eighty to a hundred and fifty. Today I had six.”
“What are we going to do?” Jim asked.
“Many of the students that signed up for the Government’s programme still haven’t returned,” Devi explained “But, between me and you, Jim, university education is being throttled. I brought Ben in for a psychology course and he only had three. See how many turn up tomorrow.”
Jim thanked Devi and hung up.
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