He squeezes her shoulder gently as his old tutor chuckles. "My dear, a curious mind is a great boon. Whatever you'd like to know of a dusty old academic such as myself, I would be happy to share."

"A good deal of that formal learning was dead boring," Caspian says, amused. "Although I expect the good Doctor has a copy of the Grammatical garden or the Arbour of Accidence pleasantlie open’d to Tender Wits, if you'd like to see the size of the books he used to foist upon me."