WAR
PENGUIN
030The Overdue Book

WAR PENGUIN / EPISODE 030

The Overdue
Book.

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01 / 06

The librarian explains the missing Thucydides.

The librarian explains the missing Thucydides.
Librarian
Professor Harcourt has had our only copy of Thucydides since Michaelmas.
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02 / 06

She consults the loan ledger.

She consults the loan ledger.
Librarian
He tells me he hasn't quite finished it.
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03 / 06

She notes the repeated delay.

She notes the repeated delay.
Librarian
He has told me that for two years.
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04 / 06

She slides the overdue slip toward War Penguin.

She slides the overdue slip toward War Penguin.
Librarian
Would you be so good as to fetch it back?
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War Penguin’s place is empty; she stamps cards, unsurprised.

War Penguin’s place is empty; she stamps cards, unsurprised.
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Harcourt remains absorbed in his book, armchair, footstool and tea together on the returns trolley. War Penguin stands beside it; the librarian stamps the slip without looking up.

Harcourt remains absorbed in his book, armchair, footstool and tea together on the returns trolley. War Penguin stands beside it; the librarian stamps the slip without looking up.
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