Meredith's smile faded a little. Oxford, damn. That would be a mark against him then - the rivalry between the two universities was legendry. Mayor Chadwick was probably hoping to hire some old boy from his own alumni. He composed his smile. The least he could do was show that Cambridge was just as good. "I studied History, sir, focusing on the ancient civilisations such as Greece and Rome. I even spent a few months abroad in Greece, helping one of my professors on his studies there. It was the most beautiful country, so very different from England." He said, the memories still fresh in his mind. The work had been hard but it had been the most rewarding of experiences and the free days were he had lain on the beautiful beeches or gone swimming, or trekked into the mountains with a local guide to see abandoned ruins had made it more than worth it. “I think the Greeks were quite an amazing civilisation and we have so many things to thank them for – like philosophy and literature. Anyone who cannot enjoy the Iliad obviously doesn’t know good literature.”