"Maybe it leads to a long
tunnel that goes way out beyond Ember, and then
gradually up and up until it comes out at the other
city
"What other city?" Doon glanced up at the drawings
tacked to the walls of Lina's room

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Doon shruggedOr it could be
another city exactly like this one

That was a gloomy thoughtBoth of them felt
their spirits sink a little at the ideaSo they turned back
to the task of deciphering

"Next line," said Lina

But Doon sat back on his heels againHe stared
into the air, half smiling"I have an idea," he said"If
we do find the way out, we'll need to announce it to
everyoneWouldn't it be splendid to do it during the
Singing? Stand up there in front of the whole city and
say we've found it?"

"It would be," Lina said"But that's only two days
away

They were bending again over the glued-down
fragments when Doon remembered that he should
check the timeIt was a quarter to nineHe barely had
time to get fendi spy zucca bag home

"Game again tomorrow," said Lina"And while
you're at work, look for the rock marked with E


That night, Doon had trouble sleepingHe couldn't
find a comfortable position on his bedIt seemed to be
made up of nothing but lumps and wrinkles, and it
squeaked and groaned every time he movedHe flailed
around so much that the noise woke his father, who


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came to his room and asked, "What is it, son? Nightmares?"
"No,"
said Doon"Just can't sleep"
"Are you worrying? Frightened of anything?"
Doon wanted to say, Yes, FatherI'm worried
because the mayor of our city is taking for himself the
things that people need, and I'm afraid because any
day our lights could go out foreverI'm worried and
afraid a lot of the time, but I'm also excited because I
think there is a way out, and we might find it--and all
those feelings are whirling around in my head, which
makes it hard to sleep

He could have told his father classic chanel quilted bag everythingHis
father would have plunged in with great enthusiasm
He would have helped them decipher the Instructions
and expose the mayor's thievery; he would even
have come down into the Pipeworks and helped search
for the rock marked with EBut Doon wanted to
keep these things to himself for nowTomorrow, the
guards would announce that an alert young boy had
uncovered the mayor's crime, and his father, hearing
the announcements along with the rest of Ember,
would turn to the person next to him and say, "That's
my son they're talking about! My sonV

So in answer to his father's question, he simply
said, "No, Father, I'm all right

"Well, then, see if you can't lie still," said his father
"Good night, son," he added, and closed the door


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Doon smoothed out his covers and pulled them up to
his chinBut still he couldn't sleep
So he tried a method that had often worked for
him beforeHe would choose a place he knew well-- the school, for omega ladies watch instance--and imagine himself walking
through it, picturing it as he went in minute detail
Often his thoughts would wander, but he would always
bring them back to the imaginary journey, and something
about doing this would often make him sleepy
This night he decided to retrace his explorations of the
PipeworksHe held his mind to the task for a long
time, picturing, with all the clarity he could muster,
everything he had seen in that underground realm-- the long stairway, the tunnels, the door, the path along
the river, the rocks along the pathHe felt sleep
drawing closer, a heaviness in his limbs, but just as he
was about to give in to it, he saw in his mind's eye the
wrinkled rocks that bordered the river at the west
end of the Pipeworks, the rocks whose strange ridges
and creases had reminded him of writingHis eyes
flew open in the dark, his heart began to hammer, and
he gave up on sleeping and lay in a state of terrible
impatience for black and white chanel the rest of the night


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CHAPTER 14

The Way Out

The next day was Song Rehearsal DayEveryone was
let off from work at twelve o'clock to practice for
the SingingIt was a slow morning for messagesLina
had a lot of time to sit at her station in Gam Square
and thinkShe put her elbows on her knees, rested her
chin in her hands, and stared down at the pavement in
front of the bench, which was worn smooth by the
many feet that had passed thereShe thought about the
mayor, down in his room full of plunder, gorging on
peaches and asparagus and wrapping his huge body in
elegant new clothesShe thought of his great stack of
light bulbs and shook her head in bewildermentWhat
was he thinking? If he still had light bulbs when everyone
else in Ember had run out, would he enjoy sitting
in his lit room while the rest of the city drowned in
darkness? And when the power finally ran out for

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