"Oh, you enjoy Hugo? I have his collected works in the French. ...Somewhere," Long appends, looking around with a frown at the boxes. "Probably already boxed up, alas...
"I have accepted a position here at the library within the city, a shame that I cannot ask your Mr. Giles for pointers," he says as he puts in another stack of volumes, before answering her question.
"Ah, well, I learned to speak English from Englishmen living in Hong Kong, and this explains my using an accent upon which I have no legitimate claim, so-- quite a few, yes. And for years I corresponded with gentlemen at Oxford and Cambridge..." Long says, rambling a bit as he tapes boxes shut and writes their contents on them in his very orderly handwriting.
"Have you been to England, or traveled much at all?"
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"I have accepted a position here at the library within the city, a shame that I cannot ask your Mr. Giles for pointers," he says as he puts in another stack of volumes, before answering her question.
"Ah, well, I learned to speak English from Englishmen living in Hong Kong, and this explains my using an accent upon which I have no legitimate claim, so-- quite a few, yes. And for years I corresponded with gentlemen at Oxford and Cambridge..." Long says, rambling a bit as he tapes boxes shut and writes their contents on them in his very orderly handwriting.
"Have you been to England, or traveled much at all?"