"Pull up a pile of books and sit down Yvessu", the librarian said with a sardonic smile. "We may not have much in the way of proper furniture here but one thing we are never short of, is books". Yvessu assumed the librarian was joking, even though she was, herself, sitting on a stack of leather-bound volumes. Instead, she knelt on the warped wooden floor, trying not to sneeze as a cloud of dust disturbed by her movements drifted slowly back to the ground. “You must stay here tonight, of course”, the librarian continued. “Returning to Triwellen would be dangerous now. I can offer you food and drink and a bed later, but first we should discuss why you came here.” “MoonEyes has explained your quest to FellKiss, and FellKiss has explained it to me, so there is no need to repeat it.” Yvessu wasn’t entirely sure that she approved of her cat consorting with the witch’s cat, but she was pragmatic enough to realise it may have been for the best. MoonEyes had effected an introduction in a perilous place and that was something to be grateful for. “I may be able to help you”, the librarian continued. “The book you are looking for is in the stacks. It will not be easy to find. It lies within one of the miasmic regions of the library where getting in is easy but getting out is… shall we say, problematic?” “I do not intend to aid you without some recompense. This library is not easily maintained. We need to take care of a variety of arcane problems. So, I must ask you whether you can pay the price?” “What is the price?”, Yvessu asked with a sinking heart. “Nothing you can’t afford”, the librarian answered….