Every librarian I have ever met has been a lovely person, one with a big heart. There may be one exception – the librarian who refused to let me borrow from the Adult library when, at eleven years old, I had read everything in the children’s section but I was too young to really know if she was simply obeying rules. My Dad had a word and I moved on to borrowing The Scarlet Pimpernel!
I imagine a librarian would be able to help the residents of York learn the meaning of obtundity. Looking it up, “obtundity in British English(ɒbˈtʌndɪtɪ ) noun: the state of having the senses numbed or less sharp. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. In fact, it wasn’t so much an instruction as a warning. See this article..
Awakening Wonders
January 26, 2024 at 8:50 pm
Love the quote and that is a new word for me too! 😊
mybeautfulthings
February 3, 2024 at 6:59 pm
I do love to discover a new word! 🙂
Heyjude
January 26, 2024 at 12:20 am
Not a word I knew either! As for books your story reminded me of when I was in the infants school and had read all the books (some three times over) and my mother came to see the headmistress to ask her to let me take books from the junior school across the road.
mybeautfulthings
January 26, 2024 at 7:19 am
I hope schools and libraries are more flexible these days! At least both institutions did allow us access to more reading material.😊