1) where people are known to
stand in the library and generally chat about how many books they've read.
2) hopelessly formal and either overtly conservative or conservative (but hidden) place where
people who rule the world reside
Person in library #1: oh, i've just come back from hong kong
Person in library #2: ohh,
i just came back from singapore
Person in library #3: ohhh, i just came back from hong kong - been round the
Malay peninsula but then flew to New York for fun but had to write my essay on the plane back