That may well be.
LOTH
How do you come across just that book? Do you quite understand it?
HELEN
I hope I do—at least, in part. It rests me to read it. [After a pause.] But if it is a foolish book, as you say, could you recommend me a better one?
LOTH
Read … well, let me see … do you know Dahn's "Fight for Rome"?
HELEN
No, but I'll buy the book now. Does it serve a practical end?