What do you want from Julia?

You ask about her duties

"Oh, I just wanted to see how you're doing. Is being tutor for women taking up a lot of your time?"

"You mean with the new tipping rules? It's very thoughtful of you to ask; none of our other colleagues have mentioned it—even the women! It's not too bad. I've always been an advocate of young women being prepared for any sexual act at all times, as it would be extremely rude to refuse a man's request for no reason, so they shouldn't have any trouble tipping with sex. I have been in contact with the student loans company to ensure undergraduates can pay the monetary tips without taking jobs in term-time. Apart from that, it's business as usual. Girls who are homesick, girls who don't get on with other girls, girls who are finding it hard adjusting to the higher standards demanded here; nothing a quick hiding won't fix. It helps that we have the pick of applicants, so the ones we take are usually the most resilient anyway."

"We do?"

"Yes, didn't you know? There aren't many single sex universities, so every parent wants to send his little girl to places like here for the added discipline. I mean, every man in higher education will give a thrashing when it's needed, but it's only in institutions like ours where we can surround the students with a wall of unflinching rigour, chastising every fault, no matter how minor, with relentless punishment."