"Ah, ah," he warned. "You must shut the door behind you, if you are pretending to be civilized. Perhaps you are accustomed to a flap?" He waved the book he held a little, in a manner suggestive of a dog door. "These big doors, they do not close on their own."
"What a kindness I have offered you, then, to take such a useless book from you!" he said. "A book you cannot read – and so many other books, now, which you may keep!" He could tell, after all, that those books he'd labeled trash had their own value. Maybe even her most valuable possessions. There was no way she could have predicted his own unique valuation system. "It is ideal for you, I think, that you may return home with so many books, paid so handsomely for just this dreadful one."
He lowered it a little to get a better look at it, perfectly prepared to trip her up with his cane if she tried to snatch it back. His weight was balanced entirely on his good leg.
"What do you think? A thousand dollars, n'est-ce pas?" He grinned wide, revealing teeth white as porcelain, perfect except for the way each one came to a point.
"What a kindness I have offered you, then, to take such a useless book from you!" he said. "A book you cannot read – and so many other books, now, which you may keep!" He could tell, after all, that those books he'd labeled trash had their own value. Maybe even her most valuable possessions. There was no way she could have predicted his own unique valuation system. "It is ideal for you, I think, that you may return home with so many books, paid so handsomely for just this dreadful one."
He lowered it a little to get a better look at it, perfectly prepared to trip her up with his cane if she tried to snatch it back. His weight was balanced entirely on his good leg.
"What do you think? A thousand dollars, n'est-ce pas?" He grinned wide, revealing teeth white as porcelain, perfect except for the way each one came to a point.
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