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000003B0: 20 42 4F 4F 4B 53 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 52 45 20 | BOOKS IN THERE |
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000003D0: 45 48 45 4E 53 49 4F 4E 2C 20 59 4F 55 20 4B 4E |EHENSION, YOU KN|
000003E0: 4F 57 2E 22 0D 0D 00 00 |OW.".... |
AT A BRIGHTSWORD IS NOT ONLY A FINE WEAP
ON,...BUT ALSO A GOOD SHIELD AGAINST DAR
K MAGIC..... HOPES TO FIND A BRIGHTSWORD
SOON....BUT AT WHAT COST HAS.. GAINED T
HIS KNOWLEDGE..... HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED BY
THE EVIL BOOK... MAY NEVER RECOVER COMP
LETELY...AS QUINT LOCKS THE RARE BOOK BA
CK INTO ITS CASE,.. ADVISES HIM TO KEEP
IT THERE FOREVER....... IS DISAPPOINTED.
. HAS NOT LEARNED A THING....ALL THIS TI
ME, AND 20 GOLD, HAVE BEEN WASTED...."YO
U KNOW,.., THAT A LIBRARY REQUIRES FUNDS
TO OPERATE", QUINT REMARKS...."A SMALL
DONATION-- SHALL WE SAY 20 GOLD--WOULD B
E APPRECIATED."..."HOW FOOLISH OF ME." Q
UINT SUDDENLY EXCLAIMS...."I CAN'T ALLOW
VISITORS IN THE STACKS TODAY....--INVEN
TORY, YOU KNOW."...TIMOTHY QUINT NOTIFIE
S.. THAT ENTRY TO THE RARE BOOK ROOM REQ
UIRES A 200 GOLD DEPOSIT...."NONREFUNDAB
LE OF COURSE," SAYS QUINT. "IT GOES FOR
MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW. DO YOU STILL WISH
TO ENTER?"..."A SENSIBLE DECISION,..,"
SAYS QUINT. "MOST OF THE BOOKS IN THERE
ARE BEYOND COMPREHENSION, YOU KNOW."....
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