Ruiz Tremello & Marguerite are in Hufflepuff, Portugal, discussing the 1916 short story, "Enoch Soames" by Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm. The story concerns a narrator's relationship to a failed writer, and an exciting Faustian bargain!
This story was read from "The Time Traveller's Almanac", a massive collection of over 60 short stories, where it bears the alternate title of "Enoch Soames: A Memory of the 1890's".
The Author, Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm (August 24, 1872 – May 20, 1956), was an essayist, humorist, broadcaster, caricaturist, writer, and according to Wikipedia, A Dandy. You can learn more about his fantastic life, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Beerbohm