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To be sure , Jewdwine had expressly stated that it would not be permanent , but this he had understood to be merely a delicate way of referring to his former imperfect record of sobriety . And he had become rich not only in money but in time . Rickman 's had demanded an eight or even a ten hours ' day ; the office of _ The Museion _ claimed him but five hours of four days in the week . From five o'clock on Thursday evening till eleven on Monday morning , whatever work remained for him to do could be done in his own time and his own temper . Much of the leisure time at his disposal he spent in endeavouring to follow the Harden library in its dispersion . He attended the great auctions in the hope of intercepting some treasure in its passage from Rickman 's to the home of the collector . Once , in his father 's absence , he bought a dozen volumes straight over the counter from his successor there .