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How did you like the library |
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You've never seen such a place |
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So many books |
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So much marble |
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So quiet |
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And suddenly all of my confidence dribbled away with a pitiful plop. |
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My head was beginning to swim. |
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And my forehead was covered with cold perspiration. |
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I started to reach for a book. |
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And my hand automatically came to a stop. |
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I don’t know how long I stood frozen. |
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A victim of panic and mortification. |
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Oh how I wanted to flee. |
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When a kindly voice, |
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a gentle voice, |
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whispered "Pardon me." |
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"Pardon me." |
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Uh huh |
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And there was this dear, sweet, clearly respectable, |
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thickly-bespectacled man, |
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who stood by my side. |
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And quietly said to me, |
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“ Ma’am, don’t mean to intrude, |
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but I was just wondering, |
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are you in need of some help？” |
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I said“No..Yes, I am~” |
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The next thing you know, |
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I’m sipping hot chocolate, |
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and telling my troubles to Paul. |
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Whose tender brown eyes kept |
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Sending compassionate looks. |
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A trip to the library. |
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Has made a new girl of me. |
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For suddenly I can see. |
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The magic of books |
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I have to admit in the back of my mind. |
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I was praying he wouldn’t get fresh. |
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And all of the while, I was wondering. |
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Why an illiterate girl should attract him. |
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Then all of a sudden he said |
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I couldn’t go wrong, with “The Way Of All Flesh.” |
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Of course it’s a novel but I didn’t know. |
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Or I certainly wouldn’t have smacked him. |
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Well, he gave me a smile that I couldn’t resist. |
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And I knew at once how much I liked this, |
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optometrist. |
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Optometrist？ |
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Op-to-me-trist. |
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You know what this dear, sweet, |
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slightly-bespectacled gentleman said to me next？ |
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He said he could solve this problem of mine. |
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I said “How” |
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He said, If I’d like, |
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he’d willingly read to me, |
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some of his favorite things. |
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I said “When” |
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He said “Now.” |
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His novel approach seemed highly suspicious. |
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And possibly dangerous, too. |
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I told myself, |
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“Wait！Think！Dare you go up to his flat？” |
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What happens if things go wrong？ |
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It’s obvious he’s quite strong. |
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He read to me all night long. |
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Now how about that？ |
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It’ s hard to believe how truly domestic. |
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And happily hopeful I feel. |
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I picture my Paul there, reading aloud as I cook. |
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As long as he’s there to read, |
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there’s quite a good chance indeed. |
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A chance that I’ll never need. |
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To open a book. |
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Unlike someone else. |
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Someone I dimly recall. |
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I know he’ll only have eyes for me. |
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My optometrist， |
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Paul！ |
