Does this suit you?”Kate glanced at Mrs. Thompson over her teacup. “You trust me with the books? All alone?”“I highly doubt you would run away with them.” Mrs. Thompson’s eyes gleamed with amusement. “They are of little value to anyone but scholars. Furthermore, I’m certain there’s nothing in our collection that would be inappropriate for a young lady to read.”A young lady? Kate squirmed with pleasure to be termed such. “Of course, ma’am. I will unpack books until the lady scholars arrive.”As she entered the building, it occurred to her that no one had ordered the unpacking to commence immediately. With that in mind, the first thing she did once Mrs. Thompson left her alone was to survey the stacks of periodicals.The Summerfield newspaper collection consisted of bound volumes of two London papers dating back to 1880. She also found stacks of unbound copies of the local paper, but they were sloppily folded and mostly out of order. It would take ages to get them all sorted.
