good price, he afterward discovereth that the person who sold it to him had previously torn out the engravings —
Nor even when having been told to "lay books aside" the person for whom they are laid aside never cometh back — so that they lay there until all hope of selling them has departed.
He putteth works of godly piety in the waste-basket.
And books in the French language, robed in yellow like Roman courtesans — these he selleth for a good price.
"For such" he saith, "is the depravity of human nature."
Never have I been able to learn whether he saith this seriously or not — so much doth his eye twinkle when he saith it.
He is never absent from his post; — for twenty-five years he hath lived every day with his books from 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
