Bart's expression falls some. "Oh dear...that was what I was afraid of. I have a bit of cash but certainly not enough to buy a lot of expensive equipment. If you wouldn't mind, I would greatly appreciate your help with this."

He moves forward to place the book down on the counter for Gerry to have a better look at, trying to straighten out the loose pages a bit better. "Everything is at least in its proper order, including an index mostly for my own reference." He really doubts that anyone else is as interested in the contents of his notes as he is, after all.