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[ Clarisse ]
THAT ? THAT'S A ROCKING CHAIR.
PEOPLE USED TO SIT...
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OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSES
ON WARM EVENINGS AND ROCK
BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS.
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OH, REALLY ?
TALKING TO ANYONE
PASSING BY.
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JUST TALKING.
WE'LL HAVE TO GO
AWAY FROM HERE.
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I KNOW A PLACE.
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MY UNCLE TOLD ME
WHAT TO DO IF EVER HE WAS--
IF EVER HE WAS TAKEN.
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YOU FOLLOW THE RIVER UPSTREAM
'TIL YOU COME TO THE OLD
STEAM RAILWAY LINE.
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THEN YOU GO ON AND YOU GO ON
UNTIL YOU GET TO WHERE
THE BOOK PEOPLE LIVE.
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- THE GOOD PEOPLE ?
- NO, BOOK. THE BOOK PEOPLE.
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YOU'VE NOT HEARD
OF THEM ?
NO.
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PEOPLE WHO VANISHED.
SOME WERE ARRESTED
AND MANAGED TO ESCAPE.
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OTHERS WERE RELEASED.
SOME DIDN'T WAIT TO BE ARRESTED.
THEY JUST HID THEMSELVES AWAY.
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UP IN THE FARM COUNTRY;
THE WOODS AND THE HILLS. THEY
LIVE THERE IN LITTLE GROUPS.
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THE LAW CAN'T TOUCH THEM.
THEY LIVE QUITE PEACEABLY
AND DO NOTHING THAT'S FORBIDDEN.
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THOUGH, IF THEY CAME
INTO THE CITY, THEY
MIGHT NOT LAST LONG.
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BUT HOW CAN YOU
CALL THEM BOOK PEOPLE...
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IF THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING
AGAINST THE LAW ?
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THEY ARE BOOKS.
EACH ONE, MEN AND WOMEN,
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EVERYONE, COMMITS A BOOK
THEY'VE CHOSEN TO MEMORY,
AND THEY BECOME THE BOOKS.
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OF COURSE, EVERY NOW AND THEN,
SOMEONE GETS STOPPED, ARRESTED.
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WHICH IS WHY
THEY LIVE SO CAUTIOUSLY.
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BECAUSE THE SECRET THEY CARRY
IS THE MOST PRECIOUS SECRET
IN THE WORLD.
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WITH THEM, ALL HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
WOULD PASS AWAY.
1:26:35
YOU MUST COME WITH ME.
OH, NO, NOT YET.
1:26:39
UH, IT IS TOO SOON FOR ME.
I WAS STILL BURNING BOOKS.
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YES, IN TIME, PERHAPS.
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BUT NOW EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE
HAS SUDDENLY CHANGED.
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I MUST STAY IN THE CITY.
I HAVE A PLAN.
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I WILL HIDE A BOOK
IN EVERY FIREMAN'S HOUSE
AND THEN DENOUNCE HIM.
1:26:57
THE SYSTEM WILL EAT ITSELF.
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WE MUST BURN
THE PYROMANIACS OUT.
[ Siren Passing ]