"Went through her village from time to time. Weren't many buyers — I was lucky to sell half a dozen calendars

"Went through her village from time to time. Weren't many buyers — I was lucky to sell half a dozen calendars each year, maybe a couple cheap, vulgar prints. Then a priest from the capital went to live there, and he got the young people interested in reading little by little — some would ask for romance stories, some wanted heroic tales..."