Day 50: 'Tis better to give than to receive

paranoidangel42 asked a long time ago (like two birthday's ago!) for a conversation between Aragorn and Faramir. (Don't worry, I did write a couple of her other prompts for that birthday.)

Anyway, I seem to have those darn books from the dowry on the brain, so this is a follow up to Treasure and Worth the 'sacrifice'.

as part of the A Little Knowledge Can Be A Dangerous Thing series.

Day 50

'Tis better to give than to receive

"Sire, it is a generous gesture, but I surely cannot accept. The expense is too great for the royal coffers, and Ithilien does not deserve such favour over other fiefs." Faramir stared at the volumes with a mixture of desire and distress.

Aragorn shrugged. "The work is already half complete. Besides," he laid a hand on Faramir's arm, "if you accept, it is I who am favoured with a gift." Seeing Faramir's puzzled frown, he smiled. "I find an excuse to divert funds from a royal wardrobe already too rich with more uncomfortable clothes than a man could ever need."