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I HAVE attained my desire: I have introduced you to a true book-lover. And if you wonder why I have chosen a life shadowed by sorrow, I answer that love comes that way. 'Tis no new teaching, that which shows how sorrow and tribulation are the paths by which men travel to perfection. We start upon life's journey with a glad cry; but many fall from the ranks some distance from the ‘first milestone,' and fortunate are the fallen ones who find an open book by the wayside.
It was thus the love of books came to my friend of the rose-coloured spectacles. Shadows fell across his path, and he fell from the ranks; but out of the shadows came sweet voices, telling of gentle fancies and strength-giving realities. This was the road (need I hesitate in confessing it? ) upon which I, too, came by the love of books.