 Embarking upon her deed of kindness she found, to her astonishment, the real reason for Jan's restlessness — underneath his bedclothes he was making a valiant effort to conceal an immense pile of contraband books!This dedication to reading and study might, in another boy, have been nothing more than a reaction to the impending examinations — but not in Jan's case.What made this particular episode revealing was that the books found under his bedclothes were largely unconnected with his studies.