As he opens the book, which has now been invited up to the third floor, you can see that there are a lot of rings and black marks on it, including an inscription at the end which records it was taken into the collection of a certain Yuan Sou in 1870.
翻開這本隨即被「請」上三樓寶貝房的「復初齋文集」，但見批註圈點處處、墨痕纍纍，書末有「庚午八月初四閱竟，蝯叟記於吳門金獅巷」字樣。