"Hi."
"You're back a bit sooner than I expected. But, then, the other five have returned, too, and I imagine your story will be similar."
"I don't know what they told you," Matilda said. "But this is what happened to me."
She quickly then related everything which had happened, completely and in detail. She did this first because it was a promise, and second because she knew it would make her feel better.
"So," she finished, "Haron Gorka is either extremely eccentric or insane. I'm sorry."
"He's neither," the librarian contradicted. "Perhaps he is slightly eccentric by your standards, but really, my dear, he is neither."
"What do you mean?"
"Did he leave a message for his wife?"
"Why, yes. Yes, he did. But how did you know? Oh, I suppose he told the five."
"No. He didn't. But you were the last and I thought he would give you a message for his wife—"