"John Norman - Gor 22 - Dancer of Gor " - читать интересную книгу автора (Norman John)

book was. To be sure, it made me uneasy to walk before him. No
one, or hardly anyone, as far as I knew, incidentally, ever used that
book or showed any interest in it. We learn of it, of course, in
library science. It is a standard reference work in its area. I knew
where it was, from shelf reading. Too, of course, I knew the general
range of numbers within which it fell. Indeed, I had had to
memorize such things for examinations. I preceded the fellow to the
aisle, and down it. It seemed, somehow, now, that the shelves were
close on both sides. The space between them seemed somehow
narrower, and more wall-like, than usual. The library is well lit. I
was very conscious of him



17
behind me. I did not think he was a classics scholar. тАЮPerhaps you
want to look up something for a crossword puzzle.тАЬ I said, lightly.
Then I was afraid, again, doubtless foolishly, that he might be
keeping an account of such things as my remark. Perhaps it had not
pleased him. But what did it matter whether he was pleased or not?
тАЮYou are wearing a skirt,тАЬ he said.
I stopped, frightened. I turned and looked at him, briefly. He was
a quite large man anyway, but here, in this enclosed space, the
shelves on each side, he seemed gigantic. I felt tiny before him. His
bulk, somehow seemingly ungainly in that suit and tie, seemed to
fill the space between the shelves. тАЮIs the book here?тАЬ he asked.
тАЮNo,тАЬ I said. But I felt suddenly, and the thought frightened me, that
he knew where the book was, that he knew very well where the
book was. I then turned and continued down the aisle. In a moment I
had reached its vicinity. I could see it there now, on the bottom
shelf.
тАЮItтАЩs there,тАЬ I said, тАЮon the bottom shelf, that large book. You can
see the title.тАЬ
тАЮAre you a female intellectual?тАЬ he asked.
тАЮNo,тАЬ I said, hastily.
тАЮBut you are a librarian,тАЬ he said.
тАЮI am only a simple librarian,тАЬ I said.
тАЮYou have probably read a great deal,тАЬ he said.
тАЮI have read a little,тАЬ I said, uncertainly, uneasily.
тАЮPerhaps you are the sort of woman who has read more than she
has lived,тАЬ he said.
тАЮThe book is on the bottom shelf,тАЬ I said.
тАЮBut soon perhaps,тАЬ he said, тАЮbooks will be behind you.тАЬ
тАЮIt is down there,тАЬ I said, тАЮon the shelf, on the bottom.тАЬ
тАЮAre you a modern woman?тАЬ he asked.
тАЮOf course,тАЬ I said. I did not know what else to say. In one sense,
of course, I supposed this was terribly false.
тАЮYes,тАЬ he said. тАЮI can see that it is true. You are tight, and
prissy.тАЬ
I made as though to leave, but his eyes held me where I was,