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Probably her current urge to grab everyone she uise would eventually go away She hoped so

Finally she trailed off It seemed that they had slipped back into the casual banter of previous assignance had libly about secrets, about how elder Librarians could use her as a pawn Now that that had probably happened, it wasIt was like a splinter in her iven me more information?’ she finally asked

‘You arned about Alberich as soon as ere certain he ithin that alternate,’ Coppelia said gently ‘Before that, you ht have been able to coiven Do you actually feel any safer, with your current knowledge, understanding he suspects that you have it?’

She was about to reply, No, not really, but there was more to the question than that ‘I feel better able to handleon,’ she said ‘People having nervous breakdowns due to knowledge that man isn’t meant to know – that happens in horror literature Not real life’

‘Yes’ Coppelia sighed ‘And yes, I know you prefer crime literature’

‘Detective stories,’ Irene corrected her

Coppelia raised an eyebrow ‘And is there anything else?’

Irene tried to guess her ave up ‘Like what?’

‘This froator’

‘But I didn’t ever claim--’ Irene tried to put in

‘I must say that I think you could have done a better job as an undercover agent’

‘But it was a very complex scenario, with limited information,’ Irene blurted out This was like an exa back against the couch

‘Oh?’ Coppelia folded her areh you’re my student, you have overstepped a number of lines on this occasion You’ve revealed facts about the Library to at least two uninvolved parties’