“I suppose we all seem terribly parochial to you.” It was time for a change of topic. “So tell me about yourself. Where in England are you from?”
“I was born and grew up in London.”
The East End, I’ll bet, judging from his accent, Adam thought.
“Got a grant to go to the University of Wessex, where I took both my undergraduate and post graduate degrees.”
“And how long have you been in Colby?”
“I came here after completing my degree. So it’s been sixteen years.”
“Do you miss England?”
Nigel smiled. “I have no family there to visit, but I go back every other summer.”
“And you’ve obviously learned to tolerate northern Ohio winters.”
“I’m not sure tolerate is the word I’d choose, but I don’t mind them terribly.”
Then Nigel asked him about where he had grown up, about how he had liked
