I never want to get rid of books. I want to hoard, hoard, hoard them. But the fact does remain that Noel is building a library of her own, and all the flats we're looking at have 700 fewer square feet for bookcases than our current lovely excess of house.

I also have your Ilario. I didn't break the spine, mosely because I only read the first book. But I know you were particular about that.