[The only reason she treads carefully on the subject of popular fiction and preferred book genres is because of the society she lives in - women are starting to get a much sturdier footing in the world, but the occasional mocking tends to set her on edge.

Young ladies aren't exactly supposed to want adventure.]

Doyle is still popular in the twenty-first century?

[Perhaps there's hope yet for the future!]

It isn't often I have the chance to read fiction, but he is one of my favourites.

[Which reminds her that she has a copy of A Study in Scarlet in her boat cabin. Which is currently either on fire or underwater. Splendid. Just...splendid.]

I can't blame you for not knowing about Seti, Philip, but I would be rather surprised if you'd never heard about The Book of the Dead.

[World history teaches children that much about Egypt, doesn't it?]