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Episode II · Nestor

A riddle no one can answer, and a boy who can't do sums

Today's passage · lines 2.116–200

The 2-minute recap

The lesson breaks up into hockey and a riddle Stephen poses — deliberately unsolvable, its answer a non sequitur. …

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