Some were very useful — Gardening All the Year Round was well - thumbed, and Dorcas knew Essential Theory for the Amateur Engineer almost by heart — but some were, well, difficult, and not opened much.
Some were very useful — Gardening All the Year Round was well - thumbed, and Dorcas knew Essential Theory for the Amateur Engineer almost from unaided memory and in full detail — but some were, well, difficult, and not opened much.