desperance is memetic

[shewhomust]

The instructions:

1. Grab the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).


2. Open the book to page 123.


3. Find the fifth sentence (grab next nearest book if fewer than 7 sentences found).


4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.


5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

The result:

"Keria Gauthy's been wanting to have it taken out for years, but Ker Gauthy won't agree. He says it has historic significance, and Jeremias agrees with him."
"I imagine he does," I said.

Aptly enough, it's from The Virtu, by Sarah Monette (truepenny). And even more aptly, it's desperance's copy, sitting by my desk, waiting to be written up in my book diary and returned to him...