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The bookseller’s eyes grew huge "I didn’t realize we had that Let me check for you"

"If you want to have it appraised, I can come back and pick it up later," Owen offered The bookseller took his contact info and promised to call when he had an answer

As we left the store I asked, "How did you know that was there?"

He shrugged "I felt the s like that, truly rare ite valuables in plain sight And then when an estate has to be sold off, the heirs enerations hidden like that"

"You could have reveiled it and paid only for the Dickens, you know"

"But that would have been cheating"

"I think I’ve finally found sooody than I aoody, considering howlately "And I don’t think you needed me all that much, after all"

"I wouldn’t have found the brooch without you, and a book was your idea Now, dinner? There’s a restaurant I know a couple of blocks froh I doubt ured that out We won’t have to be so careful about our conversation there"

That left me with quite the dilemma--I wanted to spend more time with hiical restaurant In fact, the more time I spent around him, the harder it was to keep er than I realized, for he frowned at ?"

"To be honest, I’ht now," I said, and it wasn’t a lie at all My stomach had tied itself in knots and I felt queasy "Do you ht?"

If he was disappointed, he hid it well "Not at all I’ll make it up to you some other time"