“Let’s see what this is,” said Montag.
He spoke the words haltingly and with a terrible self-consciousness. He read a dozen pages here or there and came at last to this:
“‘It is computed, that eleven thoushand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.’”
Mildred sat across the hall from him. “What does it mean? It doesn’t mean anything! The Captain was right!”
“Here now,” said Montag. “We’ll start over again, at the beginning.”