▁R att igan ' s ▁Class ics ▁t utor ▁at ▁H arrow ▁School , ▁ ▁J . W . ▁Co ke ▁Nor ris ▁( 1 8 7 4 – 1 9 6 1 ). ▁ ▁Plot ▁Andrew ▁Cro cker - H arr is ▁is ▁a ▁class ics ▁teacher ▁at ▁an ▁English ▁boys ' ▁school . ▁After ▁eigh teen ▁years ▁of ▁teaching ▁there , ▁today ▁is ▁his ▁last ▁day ▁before ▁moving ▁on ▁to ▁a ▁position ▁at ▁another ▁school . ▁The ▁students ▁spec ulate ▁on ▁why ▁he ▁is ▁leaving , ▁but ▁do ▁not ▁much ▁care ▁since ▁despite ▁being ▁academ ically ▁brilliant , ▁he ▁is ▁generally ▁des pis ed ▁as ▁being ▁strict , ▁stern ▁and ▁hum our less . ▁They ▁have ▁nick named ▁him ▁" The ▁Cro ck ". ▁Even ▁the ▁school ▁administr ators ▁treat ▁him ▁poor ly ▁regardless ▁of ▁his ▁long ▁ten ure . ▁Mill ie ▁Cro cker - H arr is , ▁his ▁wife , ▁is ▁younger ▁and ▁v iva cious ▁and ▁quite ▁different ▁from ▁her ▁husband . ▁She ▁no ▁longer ▁lov es ▁him ▁but ▁rather ▁lov es ▁Frank ▁Hunter , ▁another ▁teacher , ▁yet ▁despite ▁having ▁an ▁affair ▁with ▁him ▁she ▁knows ▁he ▁is ▁not ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁her . ▁On ▁this ▁last ▁day , ▁one ▁student ▁named ▁T ap low , ▁who ▁does ▁not ▁hate ▁Cro cker - H arr is ▁but ▁feels ▁sorry ▁for ▁him , ▁gives ▁him ▁a ▁small ▁going - away ▁gift ▁– ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁translation ▁by ▁Robert ▁Brow ning ▁of ▁A esch yl us ' s