Professor Miles lives in a tiny hut on Mount Bernard, forty feet from the summit and twelve thousand from the base.
He used to be a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Marshton, but is too old to teach there now.
After he retired, he returned to the city of his birth, where he gave lectures in the streets.
But no-one ever listened, so he moved to the mountains.
His city-lectures were convoluted and difficult to follow, but in the mountains the air is too thin for city-lectures.
It's important to be brief up there, to say what you need to say and then shut up before you run out of breath.
That's why all of Professor Miles’ greatest lectures have been given on Mount Bernard.
It’s just a pity that there’s never been anyone around to hear them.
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