Bigelow squared his shoulders dramatically.
"Two of them were much like the other pre-Atomic books in the museums, but the third...."
Bigelow was bursting with excitement.
"... the third had pictures in it!"
Ruskin straightened up.
"Amazing!"
Never before had a pre-Atomic book been found with pictures. Artists had painted their own versions drawn from the few meager written descriptions....
"How many pictures, Bigelow?"
"Plenty, but just one would be enough to shake the foundations of our social world!"
He opened his briefcase and pulled out a small book protected by its own cloth cover. He opened to a marked page.