[Probably not. But he will refrain from rubbing it in. For now.]
Whatever it was you were looking for, it's lost for now.
[He began gathering the paperbacks himself. He was just glad they weren't the hardcovers. Not only would those have hurt more, but they he didn't want them to take a beating. Granted, it wasn't like paperbacks were better at that but they had a certain flexibility (in his opinion, anyway).]
If you give me the title, I can save it for next time.
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Whatever it was you were looking for, it's lost for now.
[He began gathering the paperbacks himself. He was just glad they weren't the hardcovers. Not only would those have hurt more, but they he didn't want them to take a beating. Granted, it wasn't like paperbacks were better at that but they had a certain flexibility (in his opinion, anyway).]
If you give me the title, I can save it for next time.