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Book Haven, Monday

Here it was, Monday once more. By next week, Miss Elizabeth Bennet would be a teacher again. She tidied up the shop as best she could. She would miss being surrounded by books, she had to confess, but she missed her students even more so.

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For she is here.

Valentine had decided that she needed some new books to plow through and she knew she could just go to the library, but it wasn't quite the same when you had to return them. So she browse the shelves a little bit and then couldn't quite make a decision, so decided to get an opinion.

"Excuse me," she approached the woman appearing to be working. "If you don't mind, I'd like to ask...which might you choose if you had to pick between dead philosophers (http://www.amazon.com/Book-Dead-Philosophers-ebook/dp/B001NLL80G/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251163640&sr=8-3)," she held up the one book, "or dead physicists (http://www.amazon.com/Physicists-Friedrich-Durrenmatt/dp/0802150888/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251163728&sr=8-2)?" and the other.

"In the abstract, or in the actuality?" Miss Bennet laughed. "I should prefer philosophers to physicists, I would imagine, as I know little of physics, but I confess seems more intriguing, in this particular example. But then, I've a fondness for fiction, and my bias might not be yours."

Valentine grinned a little. She knew she wouldn't regret asking. "That's very true," she agreed. "But they say fact is stranger than fiction, right? And not knowing something is a good reason to choose that over what's familiar. I think I might just solve the issue completely by just getting both."

"Spoken like a true bibliophile," Miss Bennet said lightly. "You may surmise that I suffer from the affliction myself, when I ask for a moment to jot down the names of the two works before ringing them up."

Both works looked intriguing, and Miss Bennet's list of works to be read in the near future could always use more titles. (Even though, at this rate, Miss Bennet would need the full two centuries she had skipped to cover all that she would like.)

"I wouldn't be against letting anyone borrow them when I'm done, either," Valentine offered. "A bibliophile working in a book store? If you actually get any work done, I'm not sure I can believe you."

"I'll have you know that I do a great deal of tidying-up and ringing up whatever customers should come in," Miss Bennet said primly. "Though, of course, when neither needs to be accomplished, I do suppose that I pass the time occupied by the treasures herein."

And utilizing her employee discount. Frequently.

Valentine grinned, nodding knowingly. "Get the work done first," she said, "avoid suspicion. I see."

"You may wonder at me telling my secrets in this manner," Miss Bennet laughed. "But this is my last day of employment, so one can hardly fear termination."

"Oh, hey," said Valentine, "if it's your last day, you could probably give me a discount to the same effect, too, right?"

It was worth a shot.

"Were it my store," she said with amusement, "that might be possible, and if I should dislike my boss very much, I might be tempted. But these are her books, and she's been naught but kind, and thus, I must decline."

"Fair enough," Valentine grinned. "I thought it was worth a try. And your employer is losing out on a very honest employee, I have to admit."

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