Back in 1809, Thomasina is again working at her studies, while Septimus is again reading a letter. As Thomasina struggles with a Latin translation, Septimus folds the letter and puts it in the copy of "The Couch of Eros,."" He tells the waiting Jellaby there will be no reply and starts eating the apple left behind by Hannah. As he eats, Thomasina tells him that she saw Lord Byron reading to her mother (Lady Croom) in the gazebo, and that he talked at breakfast about a book that Septimus wrote in criticism of a poem called "The Maid of Turkey,."" We know this to be another of Chater's poems.
To change the subject, Septimus shows Thomasina the corrected version of her latest mathematics assignment. He tells her that she got a minus.....
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