Arthur chuckled and said, "You need not be troubled, I have no intention of forcing you, but even if you are not willing to leave the Royal Society, if you are willing to move the annual Christmas lecture to the newly built auditorium at the University of London, we would definitely welcome you. It is certainly more spacious than the lecture hall at Gresham College, and I assure you, we won't charge even a penny for tickets or venue fees."
When Faraday heard the suggestion of "moving the Christmas lecture to the University of London," his hand, which had been playing with the envelope, suddenly paused. His eyes, always calculating wire lengths and voltage currents, looked up at Arthur. He stared at him for several seconds, as if to confirm that the new Dean of Academic Affairs wasn't joking about tradition.
"You mean, moving my Christmas lecture from the Royal Society to the University of London?"
