”If you come to my room, I will make you the potato dish you liked,” he read aloud, with gravity. And: “How must we understand potato?” “As your closest vegetable relative,” said Harrowhark, who’d never seen one in real life. (Page 134)

The fog of confusion cleared quick enough for me to get a good chuckle from this response from Harrow.

Back to the confusion: Where are these notes coming from? Why did Ortus read something different? What does it all mean? What is happening?! (don’t tell me)