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Bibliophile

I unpacked some books that had been stored in boxes since my last move, and arranged them on shelves, close at hand for ready reference.

If a man had a thousand women, and some were at hand but others were shut away in a box, wouldn't rather have all of the thousand women right at hand?

Ah, books -- my mistresses, my harim!