I teach history.

[ he grins. he loves it, and every time he gets to talk about it, even mentioning it, he just glows.

he looks down at his papers. ]

My wife - she was an academic, as well. Taught folklore. This is her work.

[ and there's the sad panda behind the goofy humour. he misses isobel too much, sometimes. and the fact that he has something of hers that she, herself, loved so much ... ]

History's a good course. Though, I might be bias.