The book, which was first printed in 1859, was bought for just a few shillings in a shop about 40 years ago, and kept in a bookcase in the guest toilet at the family's home in the Oxford area.

这本书是一八五九年的首刷版，住在牛津地区的物主约四十年前在一间小店花了几先令买下它后，就把它放在家中客厕的书架上。

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The girl with the soda snapped a few photographs of the reception area and the empty conference room next to it and signed the guest book.

NEWYORKER: The Conciliator