 Why did the librarian really give every woman Mr. Gorka's address?
She had been known to say that there are over a billion men in the world, a goodly percentage of whom are eligible bachelors, and that the right one would come along simply because she had been waiting for him. Someone in Nebraska wanted to trade match books; someone in New York needed a midwestern pen pal, but it was a woman; an elderly man interested in ornithology wanted a young chick correspondent interested in the same subject; a young, personable man wanted an editorial position because he thought he had something to offer the editorial world; and— Matilda read the next one twice. The name—Haron Gorka: its oddness was somehow beautiful to Matilda. As far us the gentry of Cedar Falls was concerned, Haron Gorka did not exist.
 to prove him wrong
 to find a woman that would really listen to him  she wanted to hear their stories  to prove him wrong  to help him find a suitable companion