“He didn't look at her, instead keeping his gaze on the piles of books still waiting to be returned to their shelves. "Which one do you want to borrow?" she asked him after another moment's silence. He carefully picked up a copy of Marie NDiaye's Trois femmes puissantes. Long fingers traced the black swirls of letters against the yellowed paper of an open page. "All of them.”
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