[00:16.233]How did you like the library
[00:18.774]You've never seen such a place
[00:24.683]So many books
[00:27.205]So much marble
[00:29.982]So quiet
[00:33.034]And suddenly all of my confidence dribbled away with a pitiful plop.
[00:38.349]My head was beginning to swim.
[00:39.853]And my forehead was covered with cold perspiration.
[00:44.123]I started to reach for a book.
[00:45.434]And my hand automatically came to a stop.
[00:49.706]I don’t know how long I stood frozen.
[00:51.212]A victim of panic and mortification.
[00:55.739]Oh how I wanted to flee.
[01:01.014]When a kindly voice,
[01:03.771]a gentle voice,
[01:07.027]whispered "Pardon me."
[01:11.041]"Pardon me."
[01:12.545]Uh huh
[01:14.803]And there was this dear, sweet, clearly respectable,
[01:19.826]thickly-bespectacled man,
[01:22.332]who stood by my side.
[01:24.594]And  quietly said to me,
[01:27.866]“ Ma’am, don’t mean to intrude,
[01:31.889]but  I was just wondering,
[01:34.641]are you in need of some help？”
[01:37.148]I said“No..Yes, I am~”
[01:44.574]The next thing you know,
[01:46.585]I’m sipping hot chocolate,
[01:49.490]and telling my troubles to Paul.
[01:52.502]Whose tender brown eyes kept
[01:55.012]Sending compassionate  looks.
[01:59.326]A trip to the library.
[02:02.589]Has made  a new girl of me.
[02:06.101]For suddenly I can see.
[02:09.613]The magic of books
[02:17.150]I have to admit in the back of my mind.
[02:18.652]I was praying he wouldn’t get fresh.
[02:22.421]And all of the while, I was wondering.
[02:24.199]Why an illiterate girl should attract him.
[02:28.213]Then all of a sudden he said
[02:29.467]I couldn’t go wrong, with “The Way Of All Flesh.”
[02:33.984]Of course it’s a novel but I didn’t know.
[02:35.489]Or I certainly wouldn’t have smacked him.
[02:39.319]Well, he gave me a smile  that I couldn’t resist.
[02:45.864]And I knew  at once  how much I liked this,
[02:52.913]optometrist.
[02:55.170]Optometrist？
[02:56.678]Op-to-me-trist.
[02:59.436]You know  what this dear, sweet,
[03:02.447]slightly-bespectacled gentleman said to me next？
[03:06.963]He said  he could solve this  problem of mine.
[03:11.234]I said “How”
[03:13.997]He said, If I’d like,
[03:16.315]he’d  willingly read to me,
[03:19.340]some of his favorite things.
[03:21.599]I said “When”
[03:24.864]He said “Now.”
[03:29.148]His novel approach  seemed  highly suspicious.
[03:33.670]And possibly dangerous, too.
[03:36.433]I told myself,
[03:37.680]“Wait！Think！Dare you go up to his  flat？”
[03:43.452]What happens if things go wrong？
[03:46.767]It’s obvious he’s quite strong.
[03:51.533]He read to me all night long.
[03:55.320]Now how about that？
[03:59.588]It’ s hard to believe  how truly domestic.
[04:05.113]And happily hopeful I feel.
[04:07.875]I picture my Paul  there, reading aloud  as I cook.
[04:15.777]As long as he’s there to read,
[04:19.289]there’s quite a good chance indeed.
[04:22.803]A chance that I’ll never need.
[04:26.317]To open a book.
[04:30.585]Unlike someone else.
[04:34.098]Someone I dimly recall.
[04:38.625]I know he’ll  only have eyes for me.
[04:43.140]My optometrist，
[04:44.895]Paul！