You know, dear E., I must confess something altogether embarrassing and out of character. That book on Darbeni that I recommended to you – I have not read it entirely. I needed to cite one of the author’s translations of a particular primary source for my thesis, but as always, time was short, so I used the index, flipped to the relevant page, obtained my citation, and continued my research. It was shoddy work, really – the kind of thing that suggests I am not reading for my own enrichment but rather so I might choose the right facts to help me make a point to please the Chancellors.
