"You should let me do all the carrying. These books are too heavy for you."
"Thank you, I think they ought to go with the others, on this shelf."
He did not answer all at once. He was absorbed in the Euripides. It was an édition de luxe, the Greek text exquisitely printed from a fount of semi-uncial type, the special glory of the Harden Classics.
He exclaimed, "What magnificent type!"
She smiled.
"It's rare too. I've never seen any other specimen—in modern printing."
"There is no other specimen," said she.
"Yes, there is. One book at least, printed, I think, in Germany."
"Is there? It was set up from a new fount specially made for this edition. I always supposed my grandfather invented it."
"Oh no, he couldn't have done that. He may have adapted it. In fact, he must have adapted it."