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SCOTT RETURNED from his very first camp on a Sunday, two days after the camp had finished, having spent the intervening time, as he put it, "winding down" in Ballarat. Jessica, who had introduced him to camp, came with him, and when she left, Scott turned imploringly to me and I told him he was in trouble. He said he was sorry and asked what his punishment was to be. I thought about this for a while, then replied, "You're not allowed to tell me any camp stories until Wednesday."
"Oh, but," he said, "can't I just tell you this one thing first ..."
"No," I said. "You should have thought about that before running amok in Ballarat for two days."
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