"Look, we didn't keep books! We just read them and gave them back. You don't know what it's look." Now he sounds surly. "You're still at school, you still have shelves to read! Wait 'til you leave and there isn't anything else! Just what they think we need to do the jobs they decided we should do!" His shouting has reached more ears than just Mina's. The baby starts wailing. Mina gives up and opens the curtain. "Now you've done it," she tells a shamefaced Jakin.