Montag and mildred spent an afternoon reading. the mechanical hound came to the door and began to sniff, but they ignored it. montag was talking about clarisse, but mildred got mad and said she didnt want to talk about dead people. he wasnt understanding what he was reading so he decided he needed a teacher. he thought back to when he was in a park and saw an old man with a book. the mans name was Faber, which could be an allusion to fables; ahe talked a lot about poems. guy called him up and asked if there were any other copies of Shakespeare or the bible but faber thinks its a trap and hangs up. guy goes out to find him and gets caught with a book by civilians while he's riding on a bus. the people call guards, but montag gets off the buss.