CHAPTER 17
It was the final day of lectures before the winter break and Professor Gibson was hinting fairly heavily about what might appear in their Civil War exam the following week. Everyone, including Emilia, was scribbling notes furiously, trying to get down as many pointers as possible to narrow the scope of their study.
Beside Emilia, Kelly groaned dramatically as the lecture finally drew to a close. ‘Does he really expect us to know all the factors that could have shortened the war? How can we possibly remember all that stuff? My brain will only hold so much information!’
‘We should get together and quiz each other; it might help cement it all in our minds.’ Emilia shoved her notes and pens in her bag and followed the other students out of the lecture theatre.
‘That would b
