


I find myself envying how your library is able to close as soon as classes do. It was quite a handful, since many students had no desire to return home, Gundolf continued. One could trace the closing of the dormitories by the increasing busyness of the dining hall. The dormitories were subsequently closed-otherwise, the only ones inside would be the knights guarding the teleportation circle-and the supervisors started eating in the dining hall for professors.

When the students all returned to their duchies, they brought the servants and chefs who had been working in their dormitories back with them. Given how many professors are here, it seems most dormitories are closed already. We closed it this afternoon, Gundolf replied. He was the duchy’s dormitory supervisor, and it was rare for him to be here so early in the year the higher population of greater duchies meant their students took several more days to leave than lesser duchies. Has the Drewanchel Dormitory closed too? I asked Gundolf upon seeing him in the dining hall.
