Chapter 3 Summary

Roland goes to the library at Prince Albert College early the next morning and looks at a manuscript of Crabb Robinson's diary. Roland discovers the names of all attendants at Crabb's breakfast, and he is particularly interested in an animated conversation Ash had with Miss Christabel LaMotte. Roland then goes to the British Museum to find Professor James Blackadder. Roland tells Blackadder about the copy of Vico stuffed with notes, but he does not tell him about the two letters he confiscated. Blackadder rushes off to look for himself. Before Blackadder leaves, Roland asks him about Miss LaMotte. Blackadder says that she wrote religious poems, children's stories, and an unreadable epic.

On his way to the coffee machine, Roland runs into his colleague Fergus Wolff and asks him if he knows anything about Miss LaMotte. Fergus is an unintentional expert on Christabel LaMotte...