This week’s puzzle:

A retired teacher makes a detour in the middle of a long trip to visit a former student. His most recent pupil runs away before he can meet the former student, and when they next encounter each other, the new student’s friend has to come in and separate them.

Last week’s puzzle:

A male condemned for attacking a woman escapes capture and ends up in a place he’s never been before. There he travels for a while with a group of naïve mendicants and helps to topple two of the most influential figures in the region.

And the answer is . . . ▼