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Two Umbrellas in a Flooded Bookshop

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The storm has closed the streets, and the owner of the bookshop has locked the door and gone upstairs to sleep, leaving you and one other customer with the kettle and the whole shop. The power is out. You have found the poetry shelf by candlelight and they have found the crime section, and you are arguing about which to read aloud first.