I think I need more information.

>>>on the first day of my first wife's second year at Cambridge [whither she came as a mature student after we were married] everyone we met was asking one another "Have you met Germaine Greer yet?" <<<

Did they elaborate on why your wife would want to meet her?

The answer to your question would differ greatly if the next thing the person said was one of the following.

"She has the most radical and insightful ideas."

"She is so lovely."

"She is trying to break the Guiness record for talking to the most people in the first week at Cambridge."

"I don't understand her. She blathers on about female unicorns or something."

"She is handing out delightful biscuits."

"She owes me money."

"She pinched my bum!"
"Mine too!"
"Mine as well"