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I began my life among books when I was very young. In my grandfather’s study they were everywhere and we were i (forbid) to dust them except once a year. Even before I could read, I already ii (respect) them. I felt that our family’s iii (prosper) depended on them. I used to touch them in secret to honour my hands with their dust. Hundreds of times I saw my grandfather iv (absent mind) walk round the table, cross the room and v (hesitate) pick out a volume without vi (allow) himself time for choice, vii (look) through it as he went back to his armchair. With a combined viii (move) of his thumb and forefinger he would open a book, ix (make) it creaks like a shoe. I sometimes got close enough to observe them and felt their pale, dank and x (slight) blistered pages.
I began my life among books when I was very young. In my grandfather's study they were everywhere and we were i. (forbidden) to dust them except once a year. Even before I could read, I already ii. (respected) them. I felt that our family's iii. (prosperity) depended on them. I used to touch them in secret to honor my hands with their dust. Hundreds of times I saw my grandfather iv. (absentmindedly) walk round the table, cross the room and v. (hesitantly) pick out a volume without vi. (allowing) himself time for choice, vii. (looking) through it as he went back to his armchair. With a combined viii. (movement) of his thumb and forefinger he would open a book, ix. (making) it creak like a shoe. I sometimes got close enough to observe them and felt their pale, dank and x. (slightly) blistered pages.