Professor Desai has let me know she has offered to show you around the facilities in New London next weekend, and I let her know that sounded like an excellent idea. I cannot think of a better mentor for life as a witch in Our Lord's service.
I would, however, still like the chance to spend some time with you outside the classroom, and while thinking upon what might suit, it occurred to me that you might be interested in an introduction to my favourite bookshop. It is a mostly-secondhand shop in Nocturne that specialises in services for the scholar, including an excellent selection of books ranging from the useful to the esoteric, a book-search service where they will both hunt down specific titles for you and set aside books from their new arrivals that fall within your areas of interest, and several reading carrels for those times when you need a quick consultation across a number of books not often found in public libraries but do not need to purchase the books for later use. From the days before Our Lord rose to power, the public face of the shop is a rather unassuming estate bookstore; the proprietress saves her best work for those who will truly appreciate it, and an introduction from someone who is already known to her would save you some tedious time of proving your bona fides.
If you are interested in a visit, do let me know. I would be happy to bring you into New London on a weekend when your schoolwork is not overwhelming, or we can plan a visit over hols.
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Date: 2014-10-20 03:08 am (UTC)I would, however, still like the chance to spend some time with you outside the classroom, and while thinking upon what might suit, it occurred to me that you might be interested in an introduction to my favourite bookshop. It is a mostly-secondhand shop in Nocturne that specialises in services for the scholar, including an excellent selection of books ranging from the useful to the esoteric, a book-search service where they will both hunt down specific titles for you and set aside books from their new arrivals that fall within your areas of interest, and several reading carrels for those times when you need a quick consultation across a number of books not often found in public libraries but do not need to purchase the books for later use. From the days before Our Lord rose to power, the public face of the shop is a rather unassuming estate bookstore; the proprietress saves her best work for those who will truly appreciate it, and an introduction from someone who is already known to her would save you some tedious time of proving your bona fides.
If you are interested in a visit, do let me know. I would be happy to bring you into New London on a weekend when your schoolwork is not overwhelming, or we can plan a visit over hols.
In service,
Antonin