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Eleanor Griffiths	Aug 30 2008, 11:08 PM
Posts: 6 Group: Pupils Member #5 Joined: Aug 20, 2008	When Eleanor had her first glimpse of the Pennington library, she was utterly delighted. Everywhere she looked, there were shelves and shelves crammed with books and there were even comfortable chairs to sit on and little tables for writing and putting your things on off to the side. Just the sight of all this reading material, all full of knowledge and information, was almost enough to make it worth leaving her home and family to be here. But after a closer look, she was more than a little disappointment. No matter how much she looked, there was nothing of interest to her. Eleanor much preferred the books in her father's study. Although it had been much smaller in size, he had an assortment of fascinating books on anatomy, pathophysiology, psychology, pharmacology, and even herbology - all subjects relating to his occupation as a physician. He even had other books he kept for interest's sake, such as those on zoology, astronomy, theology, and philosophy. But Pennington's library was full of stories, fiction, and other brainless books on how to host the perfect tea party or on embroidery and sewing. Perhaps these books might interest her younger sister, Elizabeth, but they were nothing to Eleanor. Nevertheless, Eleanor kept looking, refusing to give up. There had to be something amongst all these books, after all! Although it was a fine day outside, she had decided to keep to the library, walking through a random aisle in her skirts of white and pale rose, running her fingers along the spines of the books lined up neatly on the shelves, all lightly covered in dust. Obviously, housekeeping had yet to come by. In any case, she didn't mind. She just wanted to find a good book.
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