I love this atmospheric post, but what made me crow aloud were the pacifist geese (I suppose I should have honked) -- which scene I taught once, in my one-shot English 163 on magical creatures. I don't think it -- well -- landed. My sub-theme was guests and hosts, but I cannot now remember how this scene fit in to that catch-all, unless it's that Arthur was the guest and the geese the hosts.