Summary

David feels something on Mother’s mat, but he can’t ask about it because the Gatekeeper is getting closer to the morning inspection of the living space. It is clear that when he reaches their space that he wants to talk to David. Once he leaves David tells Emmeline that he heard that another train line was ripped up. Emmeline decides to show him the map and try and figure out what is going on.

They figure out that if the train lines are ripped up, the citizens will get no food, not less food. Yet they are getting less food, and Emmeline figures it out. She says that somehow there is less food, as if the farm communities are failing just like the Children’s Village. The Authority has lied to everybody.

In Chapter 46, Emmeline shows David everything that is in...