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The temps' table stood in the central angle of the room, which was shaped like a large L. The permanent staff mainly sat in cubicles around the sides. The librarian had only to crane his neck to see the temps. Marian, who supervised their work, and had no cubicle, could see them very well.
Four temps sat at the table, which was large, wooden and round. James was a confused young man who was wondering whether to become a Catholic priest. Bernard, a Guardian reader, thought this the most unhip idea he'd ever heard, and needled James constantly. Lalage, of mixed ancestry--on her father's side Cossack princes, on her mother's working-class Irish--had recently ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Tidings.(Short Story)