Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a hook-lover or merely there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find (36) from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your (37) . The desire to pick up a book with an attractive cover is (38) , although this method of selection ought not to be (39) , as you might end up with a rather dull book. You soon become (40) irksome book or other, and usually it is much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must (41) off to keep some forgotten (42) -without buying a book, of course.
This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main (43) of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. (44) If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the inevitable greeting: "Can I help you, sir" You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. (45) Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is, but (46) .