After Erin introduced us to the college where Lewis was a fellow, we walked in Lewis’s footsteps on Addison’s Walk at the college, where Lewis had a conversation with J.R.R. Tolkien and Hugo Dyson that was a crucial step on his journey to Christian faith. He describes it this way in a letter from September 22, 1931:
It was really a memorable talk. We began (in Addison's walk just after dinner) on metaphor and myth interrupted by a rush of wind which came so suddenly on the still, warm evening and sent so many leaves pattering down that we thought it was raining. We all held our breath, the other two appreciating the ecstasy of such a thing almost as you would. We continued (in my room) on Christianity: a good long satisfying talk in which I learned a lot: then discussed the difference between love and friendship- then finally drifted back to poetry and books.
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