"A physician? What would a doctor be doing with Poe and Shakespeare?"
"A PhD," he said. "He got his doctorate in American literature. His specialty is Poe. Shakespeare is just a sideline with him. He told me this when he hocked the machine."
"But still, why would the machine...."
"The doctor made a lot of collections. Poe, mostly. Shakespeare, too. He typed the manuscripts on this machine, he said. I suppose the machine just ... picked it up."
"I want my money back," I said firmly.
The old man backed away from the counter. "Oh no. No. Definitely no."
"You sold me a defective machine."
"I made no claims. You bought a typing machine. The machine types, so you got no kicks."
"But it types Poe! What the hell can I do with a machine that types only Poe?"
"Not only Poe. Shakespeare, too."