To je bilo jedno od onih mjesta gdje, kad bi vas pozvali na večeru... mogli ste da završite razgovarajući sa Stephanom... dok bi ostatak obitelji sjedio za stolom i čitao knjige. To je ponašanje koje ne bi naišlo na odobravanje u mojim krugovima... ali je tolerirano Hawkingovima zato što su smatrani za... veoma ekscentrične, natprosječno inteligentne, izuzetno pametne ljude, ali, ipak... pomalo... čudne.
It was the sort of place where, if invited to stay to supper... you might, uh... be allowed to have your conversation with Stephen... but the rest of the family would be sitting... at the table reading a book... a behavior which was not really approved of in my circle... but which was tolerated from the Hawkings... because they were recognized to be... very eccentric, highly intelligent... very clever people... but still a bit odd.