:13:00
...or any woman's, since you show us
such small regard on the page.
:13:06
You cut me, madam.
:13:08
Then I'm sorry.
I only meant to scratch.
:13:14
Hey, Fergus!
:13:18
Hello, Roland. What is it you chaps
always say? How's it hanging?
:13:23
We usually just say "Hey".
I mean, unless you're gay.
:13:27
Listen. Let me ask you.
Do you know a Dr. Maud Bailey?
:13:31
Yes. I know Maud very well.
She teaches gender studies at Lincoln.
:13:36
Would she be helpful? I'm checking out
Christabel LaMotte, a poet from 1859.
:13:42
Why are you interested?
:13:44
I had some requests about Ellen Ash's
papers and LaMotte's name came up.
:13:49
The keeper of Ellen's flame,
that's bottom of the food chain.
:13:53
But I gotta stay on the food chain.
That's why I do it.
:13:56
Right. Publish or perish, as they say.
Or in your case, perish or perish.
:14:04
So would she, this Maud Bailey?
:14:06
- Yes, but I'd be careful.
- Why? What's she like?
:14:10
- She thicks men's blood with cold.
- Great.
:14:14
If you prefer the American vernacular,
she's a regular ball-breaker.
:14:27
Mr. Michell?
:14:31
- What? I'm sorry.
- Roland Michell?
:14:34
Yes.
:14:36
- You're Maud.
- Bailey. Dr. Bailey. Yes.
:14:39
There's nothing in my index,
no mention of Ash at all.
:14:43
- Ash and LaMotte definitely met.
- When?
:14:46
June 1859. At a dinner party given
by Crabb-Robinson. It's in his diary.
:14:53
You jump from that to the idea
they corresponded?
:14:56
- I found an unfinished letter...
- To LaMotte?
:14:59
No, "Dear Madam".