The Wistful Campus

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The cellar smelled of wet stone and yeast. I stood before the great oak table. It was laden. Porcelain bowls of stew, dark and bubbling. Loaves of sourdough, crusts like armor. Jars of honey, thick and amber. Professor Aldous sat at the head. He did not look up. His eyes were fixed on a point in the middle distance. A point only he could see. "Sit, Julian," he said. I sat. The chair was cold....

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