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Answer: The fact that Wimsey proposes to his sweetheart in Latin (in Gaudy Night) acknowledges their shared intellect as well as love. |
The fact that Harriet is a fellow Oxonian is an important "equalizer" in Lord Peter and Harriet's relationship. Sayers herself was one of the first women graduates of the college and a distinguished classical scholar. Her essays on Dante's Divine Comedy are considered to be among the most illuminating ever written on the subject.
