"I am absolutely delighted to meet you Elizabeth.  Thank you for taking my class and showing me that there are passionate, literate students still.  I'm afraid you may find the sessions dull: given your reading and interests it may be a little basic.  However, if you wanted to meet up after class in my office we can have a more advanced discussion the perhaps?"<br/><br/>Conrad smiles at Elizabeth, his heart lifting, thinking that the new term may not be quite so onerous as the last.