How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
And thus by degrees was lit, halfway down the spine, which is the seat of the soul [...] the rich yellow flame of rational intercourse. (1.6)
So that's where the soul is located—right in the middle of the spine. Oh, hey, that's the stomach! We're starting to see how important good food is to good thinking: without it, you can't have a reasonable discussion.
Quote #5
Gate after gate seemed to close with gently finality behind me. Innumerable beadles were fitting innumerable keys into well-oiled locks; the treasure-house was being made secure for the night. (1.13)
If you didn't know Woolf was talking about a university, you might think she was talking about Gringotts. Wonder if they have a guard-dragon?
Quote #6
(here I pushed into the garden, for, unwisely, the door was left open and no beadles seemed to be about) [...] The gardens of Fernham lay before me in the spring twilight, wild and open. (16)
Oxbridge is all locked up while Fernham is open to everybody. Do you think Woolf is merely telling us about the different institutions' attitudes toward garden gates, or is there something metaphorical going on?