Digory suddenly a dreadful thought. “Mary, did you remove any of Scotus’ works from the Franciscan collection?”
She snorted. “Really, Digs, of course not.”
That was a relief. "In any event, it took Peter the better part of two weeks, but we did eventually learn that some of the Franciscan library, including a number works by Scotus and Ockham, have been loaned out."
"Ockham! Now that's a loss I do care about. Any idea where they went?"
"To the British Museum," Peter replied gloomily.
"Oh dear," Mary responded. She obviously saw the problem.
"Indeed," Digory echoed the expressed pessimism. "I understand many of the collections have been hidden until the War ends."
"It's not really secret," Mary supplied helpfully. "Forsdyke put a lot of it in underground storage in Bradford. Other material is scattered with FOMs."
"FOMs?" Peter asked.
"Friends of the Museum," Mary and Digory both responded at the same time. Mary continued, "Richard and I have a few things."
"From the British Museum?" Peter asked, wonderment in his tone. "Really?"
"Well, for your sake, I'm sorry but we don't have anything from the Oxford Franciscans. Forsdyke would know better than to give something like that to us."
"If you are as bad about returning historical artifacts as you are about flinging precious books into the Amazon, I'm surprised Forsdyke gave you anything, Mary."
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She snorted. “Really, Digs, of course not.”
That was a relief. "In any event, it took Peter the better part of two weeks, but we did eventually learn that some of the Franciscan library, including a number works by Scotus and Ockham, have been loaned out."
"Ockham! Now that's a loss I do care about. Any idea where they went?"
"To the British Museum," Peter replied gloomily.
"Oh dear," Mary responded. She obviously saw the problem.
"Indeed," Digory echoed the expressed pessimism. "I understand many of the collections have been hidden until the War ends."
"It's not really secret," Mary supplied helpfully. "Forsdyke put a lot of it in underground storage in Bradford. Other material is scattered with FOMs."
"FOMs?" Peter asked.
"Friends of the Museum," Mary and Digory both responded at the same time. Mary continued, "Richard and I have a few things."
"From the British Museum?" Peter asked, wonderment in his tone. "Really?"
"Well, for your sake, I'm sorry but we don't have anything from the Oxford Franciscans. Forsdyke would know better than to give something like that to us."
"If you are as bad about returning historical artifacts as you are about flinging precious books into the Amazon, I'm surprised Forsdyke gave you anything, Mary."