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He finished the first steps on restoring the atlas pages by mid-afternoon, leaving the process of repairing the tear until the following day. Then, because it was him and he disliked any damage to valuable books—or any books as far as that went—he did a more careful perusal of the tomes in the bookcases, looking for any evident damage to the covers. He found three that could use his expertise and decided to mention it to Donovan at dinner, if he showed up. For all he knew, he stayed in the city while he ran his shop, only returning home on the weekends.