"French and Spanish and Greek and Latin," Mary lists off, "and I may soon begin with Japanese - it is important to learn languages that are not only the Romantic ones, for those are all so close that it is hardly a challenge in any case. And it is queer," she adds, distracted, "that they should be called Romantic. I know it is on account of the Romans really. But Romantic does mean something quite different, and language studies are hardly that."