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- [Scoffs] | - Fergus. Where is Fergus?
- He's supposed to be teaching. | - I'll come with you.
No need. | The novice blunders | on the discovery.
The scholar investigates.
You get on with | those wretched requests | for Ellen's stuff.
I'll go straight from there | to my class.
Thank you, Roland. | What a wonderful discovery. | They're magically delicious.
- He's a meany. | - That's a very nice name | for what he is.
Wretched requests, please.
[Chuckles] | " How many jars | of gooseberry jam...
did Ash's wife, Ellen, | make in 1850?"
Hmm. This is not | a job for a grown-up.
Gooseberry.
Cooking. | Gooseberry jam.
Cooking, 143.
What about a small, | informal party?
1859.
[Ellen's Voice] My headache | last night prevented me | from accompanying Randolph...
to dear Crabb-Robinson's...
for a dinner honoring | the poetess Christabel LaMotte.
He was reluctant | to attend without me, | but I was persistent...
Ash, you know | Professor Spear.
I'm delighted.
Mrs. Jameson. | Mrs. Jameson.
Charmed.
Miss Glover.
Oh, Miss Glover.
- And Miss LaMotte. | - Miss LaMotte.
The highest pleasure.
[Ellen Narrating] | Randolph reported the party went | off very well, indeed.
The discussion of poetry | was animated,
with Miss LaMotte | speaking more forcibly | than anyone expected.
Surprises me, madame, | that a lady who lives | as quietly as you do...
wouldn't be aware | of my modest success.
Oh, I'm very aware | that the papers | herald you weekly.
It is you, however, | who surprise me.
- And why is that? | - Judging from your work,
I'm surprised you'd even | acknowledge my existence...
or any woman's for that matter | since you show us such | small regard on the page.
You cut me, madame.
I'm sorry.
I only meant to scratch.
Hey, Fergus.
[Running Footsteps] | Ah, hello, Roland.
What is it you chaps always say, | " How's it hanging?"
Well, we usually | just say "hey." | Unless you're gay.
Oh. | Listen.
Let me ask you something. | Do you know a Dr. Maud Bailey?
Maud! Oh, yes, | I know Maud very well.
She teaches Gender Studies | at Lincoln.
Oh. Would she be helpful? | I'm checking out | Christabel LaMotte.
She's a poet, | writing around about 1859.
Yes, yes. Why would you | be interested in her?
Oh, nothing. It's just | I had some requests | about Ellen Ash's papers.
But LaMotte's name | came up, so...
The keeper of Ellen's flame. | I mean, that's the bottom | of the food chain, old sport.
Yeah, but I got to stay | on the food chain, old sport. | That's why I do it.
Right. Well, | " Publish or perish," | as they say.
Or in your case, | " Perish or perish."
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