Montag is called to this alarm and hops in the fire truck, .
A.k.a. the "salamander". The person with the books was an old woman by the name of Mrs. Blake. While the firemen are throwing books in a pile downstairs, Montag secretly takes one and slides it in his pocket. He's curious as to why people would own books. They then spread kerosene all over the house and are ready to light it when the woman refuses to leave her books. They keep asking but she will not leave. They are about ready to force her when she pulls out a match and they all back away. She then does the unthinkable, strikes the match on the railing and burns herself, with her books, to ashes. The ride back to the firehouse is silent. No one has anything to say about the events that just occurred. They are all still in shock as to why that woman would do that. .
The next day at work, the mechanical hound growls at Montag, which is a sign that something bad is going to happen later in the novel. He tells his captain, Beatty, about the dog incident and Beatty says it doesn't like or dislike, it just functions. It really means that Montag has something hidden and Beatty knows this. On the way home from work that day he meets up with Clarisse for their daily walk home. They talk about more things that are interesting to Montag. He really enjoys their talks together. .
Several days later, Montag and Millie are lying in bed about to go to sleep, Montag asks Millie if she has heard anything about their neighbor, Clarisse. He is concerned because he hasn't seen her in a few days and worries that something is wrong with her. Millie, remembers hearing that her family moved away, and she was killed in a .
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car accident. Montag is so devastated by this that he doesn't go to work the next day. Later in the book, Millie's friends come over for a party. All they are really going to do is watch the "family" the whole time. Montag is listening in on their conversation and hears one of Millie's friends talk about their husband going to war.
