Damien was horribly amused when she tripped, even if it meant he had to plant his cane hard on the floor to compensate for the spasm of pain it gave him. He rubbed the heel of his hand against the middle of his thigh, still holding his cane.
A mere thousand, and she was tripped up already! She'd break so quickly, at this rate.
"As I have said, dear girl," he said, slow as if he was trying to be patient with her. "This is the one that I want. I will accept no other. You may sell your other books elsewhere, if you wish, but I will take this one. Is two thousand more agreeable to you?"
So scared and confused and full of longing. She wanted things, oh yes. She had plans for this money she was looking for. In a way, he was doing her a favor. Dreams always had a price, many far worse than the sentimentality of a book. This was a learning experience, practice for a future that would not be kind to a girl like her.
"What might you spend two thousand on, I wonder? Surely a little girl has no need of so much money. Maybe you will buy a pretty dress? You could use one. Such a book as this cannot possibly mean more to you than that. I will take very good care of it."
The books that filled the front parlor did not inspire confidence in this assertion, books far more valuable than any she owned stacked crooked on their covers and left hanging half-open on the floor. Not that every book was valuable. Stacks of brightly colored battered paperbacks, thin things for children piled high, floral covers with script fonts assembled together like bricks. Rare books, old books, valuable books, but also any book that anyone might have cried over. A few textbooks for advanced mathematics leaned against other books here and there.
A mere thousand, and she was tripped up already! She'd break so quickly, at this rate.
"As I have said, dear girl," he said, slow as if he was trying to be patient with her. "This is the one that I want. I will accept no other. You may sell your other books elsewhere, if you wish, but I will take this one. Is two thousand more agreeable to you?"
So scared and confused and full of longing. She wanted things, oh yes. She had plans for this money she was looking for. In a way, he was doing her a favor. Dreams always had a price, many far worse than the sentimentality of a book. This was a learning experience, practice for a future that would not be kind to a girl like her.
"What might you spend two thousand on, I wonder? Surely a little girl has no need of so much money. Maybe you will buy a pretty dress? You could use one. Such a book as this cannot possibly mean more to you than that. I will take very good care of it."
The books that filled the front parlor did not inspire confidence in this assertion, books far more valuable than any she owned stacked crooked on their covers and left hanging half-open on the floor. Not that every book was valuable. Stacks of brightly colored battered paperbacks, thin things for children piled high, floral covers with script fonts assembled together like bricks. Rare books, old books, valuable books, but also any book that anyone might have cried over. A few textbooks for advanced mathematics leaned against other books here and there.
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