To the heartless Hamiltonian | 31 July 2008

To the heartless Hamiltonian who put all three Sir Charles Grandison books on hold at the library before I could take the third out, when they could see that the first two books were currently checked out but not yet the third, thereby leaving me today gaping brokenheartedly at the shelf on the second floor where it was supposed to be safe from being checked out by anyone else because who else in this city could want to read it (the old “Date Due” sticker on the back of the first and second books indicates that [after the set was acquired on November 10, 1975] they were not borrowed between July 27, 1984 and May 13, 1989, and the next two times the first was borrowed, on October 9, 1990 and March 30, 1991, the second was not borrowed — this might suggest that the next person to be interested in the whole set needs to wait a year or two): I’ll return the first two books after you bring back the third. And I promise to bring it back when if not before the four weeks are up (and if you read the first and second in four weeks, I will congratulate you). But if you persist in your heartlessness, I’m going to have to use my university library card.

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