Word: cretinism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When, after his shuddering seduction by his boss's wife, he is falsely accused of robbery, his family sends him to a private school in England. During his eight months there, he refuses to say a word-his comment on human trustworthiness. His only companion is a cretin who tries to swallow the silverware, drinks ink, knows only two sentences: "Don't worry" and "Right as rain." The night Ferdinand is leaving he is frenziedly seduced by the headmaster's wife, who then jumps in the harbor...