It certainly was as good a choice of topic as I can think of recently. I'll make the argument next week that something along these lines would be a good yearly addition to the schedule.

On Stint - no, thankfully. He implied heavily, before we came up to see you, that he would like to take me out to Hogsmeade for the evening, but I was firm that I have other plans and commitments.

I'm sorry that meant he stayed for supper here, but there is only so much of him I can take at once by myself.

Of course, then he attempted to ask me out for both the Sunday evening and Monday evening next week, when I'm in New London for meetings. Thankfully, Campanella and I have plans for a concert on Sunday since her husband's doing field work at the moment for latest research project, and my parents, of all things, asked to see me when I'm done with the meetings on Monday.

Campanella and I might end up having to dine with Stint beforehand if he keeps being quite that persistent, though. I suppose it's too much to hope for some emergency to require his skills that evening.

Was he very difficult with you? I missed a bit of it since I had to run down and make sure everything was set up properly.