Fahrenheit 451 Page #2

ACCOUNT FOR THE ELIMINATION

OF THE TOTAL...

OF 2,750 POUNDS

OF CONVENTIONAL EDITIONS.

EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX

POUNDS OF FIRST EDITIONS...

AND 17 POUNDS OF MANUSCRIPTS

WERE ALSO DESTROYED.

TWENTY-THREE ANTISOCIAL

ELEMENTS WERE DETAINED,

PENDING RE-EDUCATION.

DID YOU SEE THAT ?

COUSIN CLAUDETTE'S

GOT A BOUFFANT TONIGHT.

WHO ?

COUSIN CLAUDETTE.

WHO IS COUSIN CLAUDETTE ?

THE COUSIN ANNOUNCER.

THE ONE YOU DON'T LIKE.

I DON'T LIKE

ANY OF THEM.

WHY DON'T YOU GE THE KITCHEN FIXED ?

YOU ARE AWFUL.

???? [ TV Chiming ]

OH, HURRY, HURRY !

I'LL BE ON IN A MINUTE !

QUICKLY !

QUICKLY !

???? [ TV Theme

]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

HOW CAN YOU BE IN A PLAY ?

THEY'VE WRITTEN A PLAY

WITH ONE PART MISSING.

THAT'S ME.

WHEN THE PEOPLE LOOK AT ME,

THEN I HAVE TO SPEAK.

THEY ASK ME A QUESTION,

AND I HAVE TO SAY WHAT I THINK.

THE PLAY, IT'S BEGINNING.

AND NOW,

FOR COUSINS EVERYWHERE,

OUR FAMILY THEATER.

"COME PLAY WITH US."

[ Flicking Lighter ]

NATURALLY, IN WHA YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE...

ANY SIMILARITY WITH THE TRUTH

OR WITH REAL LIFE WILL BE

PURELY COINCIDENTAL.

DO BEAR THAT IN MIND.

SO, WILLYOU

COME PLAY WITH US ?

YOU WILL ? GOOD !

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD.

COME IN, COUSINS.

BE ONE OF THE FAMILY.

???? [ Musical Segue ]

CHARLES, DO YOU REALIZE

WHAT A DILEMMA THIS IS ?

IT'S TERRIBLY DIFFICULT.

I DON'T SEE ANY WAY OUT OF IT.

COME, COME, BERNARD.

OF COURSE THERE'S

A WAY OUT.

THERE ARE 13 OF US

SO FAR, RIGHT ?

YOU WAN TO INVITE EDWARD,

WHICH MAKES 14.

BUT IF SOMEBODY'S ILL,

THEN WE SHOULD BE BACK

TO 13 AGAIN.

PRECISELY. THEN WE MUS INVITE MORE PEOPLE.

THAT'S AN IDEA.

WHAT ABOU LOTTIE AND JAMES ?

THAT'LL MAKE 16.

THEN IF SOMEBODY'S ILL,

AT LEAST WE WON'T BE 13.

BUT THEN THERE'S

THE PROBLEM OF THE ROOMS.

LOTTIE HAS TWO LITTLE BOYS:

FREDDIE AND LITTLE JOHN.

I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM

THERE AT ALL.

WE CAN PU THE TWO CHILDREN

IN HELEN'S ROOM.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, LINDA ?

[ Beeping ]

[ Beeping Continues ]

[ Continues Beeping ]

- GO AHEAD.

THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU.

- I THINK THAT--

YOU SEE ?

LINDA AGREES WITH ME.

LOTTIE'S CHILDREN MUST GO IN

WITH HELEN'S CHILDREN.

LINDA'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THEN THERE'S THE PROBLEM

OF THE SEATING, CHARLES.

I THINK I'VE GOT SOMETHING

WORKED OUT, THOUGH. LOOK.

IF WE PUT YVONNE AT THE HEAD

AND RICHARD AT HER RIGHT--

OH, NO, BERNARD.

RICHARD ISN'T EVEN

SPEAKING TO YVONNE.

OH ?

BECAUSE OF LESLIE.

OH !

MADELEINE MUST BE

AT THE HEAD.

BESIDES, MADELEINE IS OLDER

THAN YVONNE. SHE MIGHT EVEN

BE OLDER THAN JACQUELINE.

I SEE NO PROBLEM THERE.

WE PUT MADELEINE AT THE HEAD

OF THE TABLE.

IT'S MADELEINE,

ISN'T IT, LINDA ?

[ Beeping ]

ABSOLUTELY.

[ Beeping Continues ]

- [ Beeping Stops ]

- [ Bernard ] IF LINDA THINKS

IT'S ALL RIGHT, IT MUST BE.

THERE'S STILL THE PROBLEM

ABOUT THE ROOMS.

WHAT ROOMS ARE LEFT ?

THERE'S THE PINK ROOM.

WE COULD ALWAYS PUT LILIAN

IN THE PINK ROOM.

WE CAN PUT SUSAN

IN THE GREEN ROOM.

YES.

WHERE CAN WE PUT MONICA ?

YES, WHAT CAN WE DO

WITH MONICA ?

DO YOU HAVE:

THE ANSWER, LINDA ?

[ Beeping ]

[ Beeping Continues ]

IN THE BLUE ROOM ?

[ Beeping Stops ]

LINDA, YOU'RE RIGHT.

SHE'S RIGHT.

[ Both ]

LINDA, YOU'RE

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

???? [ Musical Segue ]

YOU SAW IT, DIDN'T YOU ?

I GAVE ALL THE RIGHT ANSWERS.

WASN'T IT WONDERFUL ?

I COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACTRESS.

DON'T YOU THINK SO ?

THINK WHAT ?

THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN

AN ACTRESS.

OH, SURE YOU COULD HAVE

BEEN AN ACTRESS.

I WONDER WHETHER JOYCE

WAS WATCHING. I DO HOPE SO.

I MUST RING HER TOMORROW

AND FIND OUT WHAT SHE THOUGHT.

HOW DID YOU GE THE PART ?

THE HEAD:

OFTHE FAMILYRANG ME UP. ME !

AND SAID I WAS TO BE

IN TONIGHT'S PLAY.

LINDA, THEY MUST HAVE PHONED

EVERY ONE OF 200,000 LINDAS

IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

I MEAN, EVEN IF IT WERE TRUE,

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL ME.

THAT WAS VERY MEAN.

SO YOU'RE IN FOR PROMOTION,

MONTAG. GOOD LUCK.

THANK YOU.

WELL, WELL,

WHAT'S ALL THIS WE HEAR,

MONTAG ? PROMOTION, EH ?

IT SEEMS SO.

HOW DO YOU FEEL:

ABOUT IT ? HAPPY ?

[ Alarm Ringing ]

THE WIFE:

RATHER LIKES THE IDEA.

I SUPPOSE.

[ Captain ] HURRY !

[ Alarm Continues Ringing,

Siren Blaring ]

[ Alarm, Siren Continue ]

[ Indistinct Shouting,

Alarm, Siren Continue ]

ATTENTION !

THAT WILL DO FOR TODAY.

GO BACK TO YOUR DESKS.

WHAT'S THIS ? I TOLD YOU TWO

I DID NOT WANT TO SEE YOU

SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

DIDN'T I MAKE IT CLEAR ENOUGH

THE FIRST TIME ? YES, YOU !

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

COME AND SIT HERE.

LET US REVIEW:

YESTERDAY'S LESSON.

WE STUDIED HOW TO DETEC BOOKS HIDDEN DURING THE ACTUAL

CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE.

THIS IS SOMEWHAT RARE

BECAUSE IT'S VERY COSTLY;

FOR ITS FLOORS,

FOR ITS CEILINGS.

WE ALSO STUDIED CONCEALMEN INSIDE FURNITURE.

[ Intercom ] TRAINEE FIREMEN

STONEMAN AND BLACK ARE TO REPOR TO CAPTAIN'S OFFICE IMMEDIATELY.

I REPEAT, TRAINEE FIREMEN

STONEMAN AND BLACK...

ARE TO REPOR TO THE CAPTAIN'S

OFFICE IMMEDIATELY.

[ Door Opens, Closes ]

WE WERE DISCUSSING

CONCEALMENT INSIDE FURNITURE.

THE MOST PREVALENT FORM

BEING THE FALSE ICEBOX

OR THE FAKE TELEVISION SET.

WHAT OCCASIONALLY PRESENTS

PROBLEMS ARE BOOKS HIDDEN

IN SMALL QUANTITIES...

IN EVERYDAY OBJECTS.

WHEN ONE IS LOOKING FOR A BOOK,

THE MOST COMMON AREA

IS TO LOOK FOR IT...

IN A RECTANGULAR OBJECT,

LIKE A CIGAR BOX

OR A CHOCOLATE BOX...

OR ANY OTHER OBJEC IN SIMILAR SHAPE.

I DEMONSTRATE HOW EVEN

A CYLINDRICAL OBJEC CAN BE USED.

???? [ Intercom Chimes ]

[ Intercom ]

MONTAG WILL REPOR TO THE CAPTAIN'S OFFICE.

HERE, YOU.

HAND ME A PILE OF BOOKS.

WHILE I'M GONE, GIVE EACH

OF THE TRAINEES A BOOK.

EACH OF YOU WILL HIDE

HIS BOOK SOMEWHERE

IN THIS CLASSROOM.

WHEN I RETURN, I WILL GIVE YOU

A DEMONSTRATION HOW TO SEARCH.

TO LEARN HOW TO FIND,

ONE MUST FIRST KNOW HOW TO HIDE.

[ Boys Whispering ]

WHAT SHALL I SAY ?

WE MET BY ACCIDENT.

THAT'S NO GOOD.

WHAT DO YOU:

WANT TO SAY ?

WE PLANNED IT ?

IT WAS YOUR IDEA.

YOU'RE THE ONE

WHO THOUGHT OF IT.

SHUT UP !

IF WE DON'T TELL HIM

THE SAME STORY, WE'RE--

LISTEN...

LET'S PLAY THIS

BY EAR.

[ Footsteps, Door Opens ]

MONTAG, THIS WILL TAKE

ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.

YES, SIR.

WHAT TIME IS IT ?

UH... 10:
00, SIR.

[ Door Closes ]

[ Indistinct Shouting ]

[ Captain Shouting ]

GET OUT ! THIS IS

THE LAST TIME !

[ Captain Shouts ]

GET OUT !

LIKE GYMNASTICS,

MONTAG ?

YES, SIR.

AND WHAT ABOUT HOCKEY ?

DO YOU LIKE HOCKEY ?

YES, I DO, SIR.

AND GOLF ?

GOLF.

VERY MUCH, SIR.

HMM ?

AND FOOTBALL ?

WONDERFUL, SIR.

BILLIARDS ?

BASKETBALL ?

OH, THEY'RE ALL

VERY FINE SPORTS, SIR.

THEN INCREASE THE DOSAGE.

MORE SPORTS FOR EVERYONE,

HMM ?

STRENGTHEN THE GROUP SPIRIT.

ORGANIZE THE FUN. HMM ?

JUST KEEP THEM BUSY,

AND YOU KEEP THEM HAPPY.

THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.

HMM ?

AM I RIGHT ?

ABSOLUTELY, SIR.

WELL, SHALL WE TALK A LITTLE

ABOUT THIS PROMOTION OF YOURS ?

YOU HAVE MENTIONED

THE POSSIBILITY TO YOUR WIFE ?

- YES, SIR.

- AND HER REACTION ?

SHE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE ABLE

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