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Later that day, Mort went to a reference library. He needed to find out some info about the book, and where was a better place to find out info about something than a reference library?
Mort sat at one of the tables with 'The Nine Gates' in front of him. Beside it sat a large catalog and his notebook. 'The Nine Gates' was open to the first page, which displayed the title - 'De Umbrarum Regni Novem Portis'- and the words 'Sic Luceat Lux' separated by an emblem.
Quietly to himself, Mort read the words aloud, "Sic Luceat Lux ... Thus ... let the light ... shine..."