Well, if you substitute "interNet connection" for "latest periodicals" you can see that he's just describing a Victorian InterNet Cafe.
I don't know why you're afraid that you were buttonholing people about all the cool things that you've been investigating. I sensed no fear in anyone else: and I can smell their fear you know. It is indeed refreshing to converse with a young lady who looks outward into the wonders of the universe and who isn't being stereotypically obsessed with themselves or their friends.
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Date: 2012-09-19 10:07 pm (UTC)From:I don't know why you're afraid that you were buttonholing people about all the cool things that you've been investigating. I sensed no fear in anyone else: and I can smell their fear you know. It is indeed refreshing to converse with a young lady who looks outward into the wonders of the universe and who isn't being stereotypically obsessed with themselves or their friends.