I couldn't resist, I'm sorry.

[anyway he never said he wouldn't look, just that he wouldn't think less of him. ]

All is well, Francel. There is no shame in reading about love. Intercourse is merely part of and an expression of it. It's been years since I've seen a copy. Does it have the little woodcut prints in it?

[ he hands the book mercifully back to Francel without looking inside. He wasn't trying to give the man a heart attack after all.]