“How about The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey?” she asked, holding up another book. “No? I also have History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution.” “You really do think I’m dull,” he said to her. She looked at him accusingly. “The Crusades are not dull.” “But you brought only Volume Two,” he reminded her. “I can certainly go back and look for the first volume.” He decided to interpret that as a threat.
