\"Atquartosaltemmenserediredecet。\"
Thereisnosatisfactioninlendingabook;foritisrarelythatborrowers，whiletheydefaceyourvolumes，gatherhoneyfornewstores，asDeQuinceydid，andColeridge，andevenDr。Johnson，who\"greasedanddogs-earedsuchvolumesaswereconfidedtohistendermercies，withthesameindifferencewherewithhesingedhisownwigs。\"Butthereisaraceofmortalsmoreannoyingtoaconscientiousmanthanborrowers。Thesearethespontaneouslenders，whoinsistthatyoushallborrowtheirtomes。Formyownpart，whenIamoppressedwiththecharityofsuch，Ilocktheirbooksupinadrawer，andbeholdthemnotagaintillthedayoftheirreturn。Thereisnosecurityagainstborrowers，unlessamanlikeGuibertdePixerecourtsteadfastlyrefusestolend。ThedeviceofPixerecourtwasunlivreestunamiquinechangejamais。Butheknewthatourbookschangewhentheyhavebeenborrowed，likeourfriendswhentheyhavebeenmarried;when\"aladyborrowsthem，\"asthefairyqueensaysintheballadof\"Tamlane。\"
\"ButhadIkenn’d，Tamlane，\"shesays，\"Aladywadborrowedthee，Iwadta’enoutthytwagrayeen，Putintwaeeno’tree！
\"HadIbutkenn’d，Tamlane，\"shesays，\"Beforeyecamefraehame，Iwadta’enoutyourhearto’flesh，Putinahearto’stane！\"
Abovethelintelofhislibrarydoor，Pixerecourthadthiscoupletcarved-