"I am a slave," I read. Then I looked up. He had left. I leaned over, on my knees, bending far over, clutching the paper. I was giddy and faint. Then I looked up once more after him. The aisle was empty. I wondered if he would come back for me. Then I felt suddenly frightened, and ill, and hurried to the ladies" room.
3 The Library
I put the bells about my ankle.
It was dark now in the library, and it was past ten thirty. We had closed more than an hour ago.