It was just so easy. Prod at her the littlest bit, and watch her deflate completely, fall into a pit of wretched self-loathing. It was as if she simply could not help but give him openings, even though she should have known better. Such a peculiar trait.
He watched her peruse titles , her desire growing the longer she looked. A vague sense of resentment, as if it were somehow his fault that she could not take all of them, as if he were simply being miserly not to let her have the run of the place. Even after he had agreed to give her six books of her choosing for such a pittance.
As of right now, he was considering it a sort of gamble on a potential investment.
He slid his catalogue in front of him, an enormous bound book with nothing but lists upon lists of every book in his collection – except for those he forgot to list. And including those that he forgot to remove. There was no organization, no system, simply additions made whenever he got a new book with the amount he'd paid for it listed to the right. Sometimes instead of numbers there were little symbols whose meaning only he knew. Beside it, if he'd sold them, there was the price he'd sold it for – or else more little symbols, never explained. Occasionally to the left he had bothered to put in the date of acquisition, but not often, and even then the year was missing. Sometimes he would simply put a name there, as if he ought to know perfectly well what timeframe that name should indicate.
It was, overall, the most offensive possible thing for a librarian to forced to witness with her own two eyes.
"You are very lucky," he agreed, as he found The Pink Fairy Book and put a little line with a diamond over it under the sale price. The acquisition price had been listed as an asterisk. "That I am far better than you at seeing what you are worth." Another few books in quick succession marked with that same line-and-diamond before skimming through to find another. So many faux pas, so little time. "I will be glad to have you again, if these books do not sate you. There is much that I would be willing to give you, if you are willing to let me take." There. The Hobbit. He marked it as sold, and shut his catalogue.
"Is there anything else you would like me to do for you, Miss Corey?"
He watched her peruse titles , her desire growing the longer she looked. A vague sense of resentment, as if it were somehow his fault that she could not take all of them, as if he were simply being miserly not to let her have the run of the place. Even after he had agreed to give her six books of her choosing for such a pittance.
As of right now, he was considering it a sort of gamble on a potential investment.
He slid his catalogue in front of him, an enormous bound book with nothing but lists upon lists of every book in his collection – except for those he forgot to list. And including those that he forgot to remove. There was no organization, no system, simply additions made whenever he got a new book with the amount he'd paid for it listed to the right. Sometimes instead of numbers there were little symbols whose meaning only he knew. Beside it, if he'd sold them, there was the price he'd sold it for – or else more little symbols, never explained. Occasionally to the left he had bothered to put in the date of acquisition, but not often, and even then the year was missing. Sometimes he would simply put a name there, as if he ought to know perfectly well what timeframe that name should indicate.
It was, overall, the most offensive possible thing for a librarian to forced to witness with her own two eyes.
"You are very lucky," he agreed, as he found The Pink Fairy Book and put a little line with a diamond over it under the sale price. The acquisition price had been listed as an asterisk. "That I am far better than you at seeing what you are worth." Another few books in quick succession marked with that same line-and-diamond before skimming through to find another. So many faux pas, so little time. "I will be glad to have you again, if these books do not sate you. There is much that I would be willing to give you, if you are willing to let me take." There. The Hobbit. He marked it as sold, and shut his catalogue.
"Is there anything else you would like me to do for you, Miss Corey?"
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