Faber's words echoed in his head, "I don't talk of things, sir, I talk of the meaning of things. It was obvious to Montag that the old man had a book tucked in his coat, but the fireman did nothing about it. The man was a former English Professor (all the liberal arts colleges had been closed some 40 years) named Faber. He recalls an encounter with an elderly man in a park a year earlier. Millie answers it and is immediately enraptured in a conversation about a mindless television program.Īs Millie chats, Montag wonders what his next step will be. Montag is interrupted by the ringing phone. He talks of the ongoing wars and how people all over the world are toiling and starving while they live well and devote themselves to leisure. Montag responds with a passionate rant, asserting that they really have no concept of what is going on in the world and that those who seek to learn are quickly quieted, just like Clarisse and the old woman. Millie whines that there is no reason to read books and that that their house will be burned down if anyone finds out. Luckily, the Hound leaves without causing a disturbance. Millie dismisses it as "just a dog", but Montag knows it is the Mechanical Hound. Meanwhile, the already edgy couple is alarmed by a scratching at the door. As he reads, Montag is often reminded of Clarisse. Montag spends the rest of the rainy afternoon uneasily reading through books while Millie sits idly.
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