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           Booksnotnecessarilywithalotofsexystuffinthem,butbookswithloversandallinthem.TakeoldEustaciaVye,inTheReturnoftheNativebyThomasHardy.Shewasn’ttoosexyoranything,butevensoyoucan’thelpwonderingwhatanunmaybethinksaboutwhenshereadsaboutoldEustacia.Ididn’tsayanything,though,naturally.AllIsaidwasEnglishwasmybestsubject.

           "Oh,really?Oh,I’msoglad!"theonewiththeglasses,thattaughtEnglish,said."Whathaveyoureadthisyear?I’dbeveryinterestedtoknow."Shewasreallynice.

           "Well,mostofthetimewewereontheAnglo-Saxons.Beowulf,andoldGrendel,andLordRandalMySon,andallthosethings.Butwehadtoreadoutsidebooksforextracreditonceinawhile.IreadTheReturnoftheNativebyThomasHardy,andRomeoandJulietandJulius—"

           "Oh,RomeoandJuliet!Lovely!Didn’tyoujustloveit?"Shecertainlydidn’tsoundmuchlikeanun.

           "Yes.Idid.Ilikeditalot.TherewereafewthingsIdidn’tlikeaboutit,butitwasquitemoving,onthewhole."

           "Whatdidn’tyoulikeaboutit?Canyouremember?"Totellyouthetruth,itwassortofembarrassing,inaway,tobetalkingaboutRomeoandJulietwithher.Imeanthatplaygetsprettysexyinsomeparts,andshewasanunandall,butsheaskedme,soIdiscusseditwithherforawhile."Well,I’mnottoocrazyaboutRomeoandJuliet,"Isaid."ImeanIlikethem,but—Idon’tknow.Theygetprettyannoyingsometimes.ImeanIfeltmuchsorrierwhenoldMercutiogotkilledthanwhenRomeoandJulietdid.Thethinkis,IneverlikedRomeotoomuchafterMercutiogetsstabbedbythatotherman—Juliet’scousin—what’shisname?"