[ Alex has to nod in agreement with Julian's assessment. His upbringing near Portland meant that he was instinctively more drawn to quirky little artisan markets and second-hand charity shops to buy just about anything for himself, and his family upbringing meant buying things in cash was a habit. Still, even he'd been unable to avoid slogging through the Ektorp sofa maze once or twice when he'd been desperate for more book storage. ]

Given that it seems to be catalogued, I have to wonder if this place is being used as some kind of storage facility. And then that makes me wonder if we're supposed to be new hires, or if there's someone waiting to write one of those entries up for us.