Edmund, of course, wasn’t one to let the subject drop. But it took Peter a while to make the connection between the now infamous letter and the bowls of walnuts, almonds, pistachios, hazelnuts, peanuts and other assorted legumes that kept popping up around his home and office.

Finally a sophomore history major (with a matching sophomoric sense of humor) tossed off a cheeky “Nice nuts, Professor P!” as he grabbed a handful of cashews and dashed out the door, and Peter reminded himself of his age-old decision that revenge was ill-befitting a High King of Narnia... but then again, this wasn’t Narnia, was it?