Septimus

They are again interrupted by Chater, who succeeds in challenging Septimus to the duel, having learned (from Lord Byron off-stage) that Septimus wrote the damning review.

Beloved wife of the late Septimus, dearly loved mam of Patricia, doting gran of Gillian, Gavin and Neil, cherished great gran of Abby, Amie and Daniel.

Mr. Septimus, who serenaded the crowd with his melodic voice, recalled his days in Jamaica, when he carried an M-16 around on a daily basis, and thought is was normal to “live the life of a gangsta”.

Chloe reads a newspaper report on the Byron murder theory and then talks about determinism with Valentine, echoing the discussion between Septimus and Thomasina.

His wife's romantic affairs lead him to challenge Septimus to a duel.

Lady Croom invites Septimus to an amorous rendezvous.

Scene 4 Hannah rediscovers Thomasina's primer containing her ideas on iteration and chaos theory ; this recalls Septimus' assertion that what was lost is eventually rediscovered.

She has found two letters Septimus wrote in case he should die in the duel: one to Thomasina, is about rice pudding, and the other is a love letter addressed to herself.

She mourns the loss of the knowledge stored there, and Septimus responds that all that was lost will eventually turn up again.

She studies with her tutor Septimus Hodge, a friend of Lord Byron (an unseen guest in the house).

The first two lines are quoted by Virginia Woolf in Mrs. Dalloway by the two main characters Clarissa and Septimus Smith.

The patronage of Roman emperor Septimus Severus allowed the city to become one of the most prominent in Roman Africa.

The tactic works, because Chater does not know it was Septimus who savaged an earlier work of his, "The Maid of Turkey".

Valentine, using his computer to extrapolate Thomasina's ideas, relates them to the concept of entropy ; he wonders whether Thomasina or Septimus was the genius behind the theories.

While Septimus awaits appropriate music for Thomasina's dance lesson, he examines the sketch she made to illustrate the irreversibility of heat ; his action mirrors that of Hannah and Valentine, who also pondered the same diagram.