At the station, Montag attempts to pet the Hound, and it growls at him. He reports the situation to Captain Beatty, and he insists that it has not been tampered with, but says he will have it checked out. Montag is teased by the other firemen about the Hound. He begins to talk with Clarisse every day, and she asks him many questions. On the eighth day, Montag does not see her, and does not get the chance to investigate because his bus arrives to take him to work. Montag begins to have more interest in books, and almost reveals that he read the first line of a book of fairy tales before they burned a library. Guy asks if firemen ever prevented fires, and Montag is shown a rule in the rule book that tells of the Firemen of America being founded in 1790 to burn British books. The alarm sounds, and the men travel to an old house with books hidden in the attic. Montag hides a book under his shirt before the men soak them. Once ready, the old woman to whom the house belongs refuses to exit the house. After Montag exits, she lights herself and her books on fire, leaving everyone speechless.
A theme is displayed by the Hound of being living but not living. The possibility that someone set the Hound to attack Montag foreshadows trouble with someone at the station. Montag feels set apart from the other firemen, as he no longer fully enjoys his job. He has a thoughtless action occur, similar to Mildred's suicide, when he grabs the book without thinkiing.
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