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[all_in_plato]

The Professor has spent all morning, and most of the afternoon, writing an article on certain grammatical forms in a passage from Plato's Republic. Around four, which was just a few minutes ago, Mrs Macready made a point of standing just outside his office door, coughing loudly, by which Professor Kirke understood that his household staff felt that he was working too hard and he ought to take a break for tea, or perhaps a walk in the grounds. Obediently, Kirke opened the door to permit Mrs Macready to bring in the tea service.

Now, looking through the doorway into Milliways, the Professor says, "I suppose I will be going farther than usual for my tea today."