These books have not made George nobler or better or more truly wise. It is just that he likes listening to their voices$$$ the one or the other$$$ acording to his mood. He misuses them quite ruthlessly - despite the respectful way he has to talk about them in public - to put him to bed$$$ to take his mind off the hands of the clock$$$ to relax the nagging of his pyloric spasm$$$ to gossip him out of his melancholy$$$ to trigger the conditioned reflexes of his colon.