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The importance of reading is to help you learn,realized and know the important side of the story.
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If you wanna know why I’ll tell you!!
The correct answer is "A patient and scholarly man". This answer is backed up by text in the short story in the last paragraph which states, " He rummaged <em>patiently</em> among the papers......" The book shelf and the many books in mess suggests that he studies a lot and therefore is probably a well studied scholarly man. Hope this helps!