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But many books that book-buyers value I count worthless for all their wide margins and uncut leaves. 'Will you come-and have a look at Sir Giles's library? I ventured to say. 'I never heard of a library at Moldwarp Hall, Sir Giles, said Mr Mellon. 'I am given to understand there is a very valuable one, said Mr Alderforge.
'They tell me you are a buyer of books, Mr Alderforge, said Mr Mellon to the clergyman of a neighbouring parish, as we sat over our wine. 'Quite a mistake, returned Mr Alderforge. 'I am a reader of books. 'That of course! But you buy them first don't you? 'Not always. I sometimes borrow them. 'That I never do. If a book is worth borrowing, it is worth buying. 'Perhaps if you can afford it.
'It would be to tax your hospitality too grievously, Sir Giles, said Mr Alderforge. 'I dare say it will clear up by-and-by, or at least moderate sufficiently to let us get home. 'I don't think there's much chance of that, returned Sir Giles. 'The barometer has been steadily falling for the last three days. My dear, you had better give your orders at once.
The other day, when I dined at Sir Giles's, Mr Alderforge said that Cumbermede was a name belonging to Sir Giles's ancestry or something to that effect; but that again could have had nothing to do with those papers, or with the Moat at all. Here I stopped, for I could not bring myself to refer to the sword.
'And now I remember; the old man resumed, after a moment's thought 'the other evening Mr Alderforge a man of great learning, Mr Cumbermede told us that the name of Cumbermede had at one time belonged to our family. It is all very strange. I confess I am utterly bewildered.
'A son of Mr Cumbermede of Lowdon Farm, I presume? said Alderforge, bowing interrogatively. 'A nephew, I answered. 'He was a most worthy man. By the way, Sir Giles, your young friend here must be a distant connection of your own. I found in some book or other lately, I forget where at the moment, that there were Cumbermedes at one time in Moldwarp Hall.
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