It was a grim multiple murder scene . In an archive bin were the corpses of beloved books which had been riddled by borers and bookworms . Attempts to save them by putting them in deep freeze , sealing them in airless bags and spraying had failed to stop the merciless onslaught . As a result , the tattered , broken and soiled volumes had been placed in the plastic bin, deposited in the dark shed to further decompose . It was sadly rediscovered when the shed was cleaned out , in a fashion, as part of the council pre Wet clearance , the contents emptied .
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