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"Not good night I'll be with you the rest of the night, a vinegar gnat tickling your ear when you need ood luck, anyway"

The door opened and shut Montag was in the dark street again, looking at the world

You could feel the war getting ready in the sky that night The way the clouds moved aside and came back, and the way the stars looked, abetween the clouds, like the eneht fall upon the city and turn it to chalk dust, and the ht felt

Montag walked from the subith the money in his pocket (he had visited the bank which was open all night every night with robot tellers in attendance) and as he walked he was listening to the Seashell Radio in one ear"We have mobilized a million men Quick victory is ours if the war coone

"Ten million men mobilized," Faber's voice whispered in his other ear "But say one million It's happier"

"Faber?"

"Yes?"

"I' like I'ot it I didn't really think of it s out on my own?"

"You've started already, by saying what you just said You'll have to take me on faith"

"I took the others on faith!"

"Yes, and look where we're headed You'll have to travel blind for a while Here's my arm to hold onto"

"I don't want to change sides and just be told what to do There's no reason to change if I do that"

"You're wise already!"

Montag felt his feet "

"Would you like o to bed only five hours a night Nothing to do So if you like, I'll read you to sleep nights They say you retain knowledge even when you're sleeping, if someone whispers it in your ear"