More than one person at a public library? Truly, who ever could have expected that. [The Grove might have begun to soften some of his edges, but it hasn't blunted his tongue. Nevertheless, he doesn't try to take the book back, or anything like that. What's done is done.

Besides - ]

I don't know what you are hoping to find, but I doubt you will find it here. Most of us have sifted through most of these books in hope of answers. [That said, he gives a flippant shrug.] But don't let that stop you.