Castle: a Novel
“But it seemed to me that Doctor Avery Stiles’s story was very sad indeed. I rewound the microfilm and turned off the reader, then went to the circulation desk to return the box to the librarian.She accepted it and set it aside, then gazed at me with great seriousness over the top of her eyeglasses. “Don’t you remember me?” was her question.“It was you who gave me the microfilm an hour ago,” I replied.My answer seemed to take her by surprise. She smiled, and raised a single eyebrow.“You’re Eric ...Loesch, aren’t you,” she said.“Yes, I am.”“I’ve been working here since you were a small boy,” the librarian went on. “Your mother used to bring you here. I’m Mrs. Hill.”It was clear from her tone that she hoped this name would ring a bell. But it did not. I have never been comfortable with white lies, but the librarian had been helpful to me, and deserved my good will, so I smiled and took her hand. “Mrs. Hill!” I said. “I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you.MoreLess
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