Installment #2

Without question, Michael started throwing the books out just as the old man was doing. While they were preserving literature, the old man, who was very wise indeed, decided to inform Michael of his identity and said, “Know, young one, that we are in the Library of All Ages, and I, needless to say, am the Librarian of the same. This library has started to burn down because of the increasing ignorance in the world. It is a woeful spectacle; and that is why we must toss these volumes down to Mann, my manservant, so that he and I can take the salvaged books to a monastery, and start collecting the library once more.”
Michael was perplexed at these words, but, as he hurled a leather-bound edition of The Iliad from the building, he realized it was quite true that the world was so ignorant. Then, when they had cleared all the bookshelves, the old man took hold of Michael and tried to throw him out of the window, but Michael protested, “Why are you doing this, wise one? Have I not helped you save these books?”
The old man calmly answered, “Do not fear, my son. All will be explained shortly”.