Fahrenheit 451 Page #5

AND FOOTBALL ?

WONDERFUL, SIR.

BILLIARDS ?

BASKETBALL ?

OH, THEY'RE ALL

VERY FINE SPORTS, SIR.

THEN INCREASE THE DOSAGE.

MORE SPORTS FOR EVERYONE,

HMM ?

STRENGTHEN THE GROUP SPIRIT.

ORGANIZE THE FUN. HMM ?

JUST KEEP THEM BUSY,

AND YOU KEEP THEM HAPPY.

THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.

HMM ?

AM I RIGHT ?

ABSOLUTELY, SIR.

WELL, SHALL WE TALK A LITTLE

ABOUT THIS PROMOTION OF YOURS ?

YOU HAVE MENTIONED

THE POSSIBILITY TO YOUR WIFE ?

- YES, SIR.

- AND HER REACTION ?

SHE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE ABLE

TO HAVE A SECOND WALL-SCREEN.

OH, YOU ONLY HAVE

THE ONE WALL CONVERTED. I SEE.

THESE MATTERS OF PROMOTION

ARE MUCH MORE IMPORTAN TO A MARRIED MAN, AREN'T THEY ?

I GUESS SO, SIR.

MONTAG... YOU HAVE

NO CHILDREN, I BELIEVE.

NO, SIR.

WE HAVE NO CHILDREN.

WELL, THEN, A COMMISSION

SEEMS IN ORDER.

I CAN'T SEE ANY REASON OFFHAND

WHY IT SHOULDN'T GO THROUGH.

YOU UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE,

WITH THE NEW AMENDMEN TO THE LAW, WE MUST EXPEC TO BE WORKED REALLY VERY HARD.

VERY HARD, INDEED,

UNTIL WE CAN ARRANGE

FOR NEW VOLUNTEERS

TO BE DRAFTED.

YES, SIR, I HEARD THE MEN

TALKING ABOUT IT.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH US ?

FOR SIX YEARS, SIR.

YES, FOR SIX YEARS.

NO, NO, NO,

FOR FIVE YEARS, SIR.

FOR FIVE YEARS.

MONTAG HAS ONE QUALITY

I APPRECIATE GREATLY.

HE SAYS VERY LITTLE.

HAVE YOU SEEN:

MY PERSONAL MEDALLION ?

IT'S A REMARKABLE LIKENESS.

YOU MUST REMIND ME TO LET YOU

HAVE ONE SOMETIME.

NOW, LET'S GET BACK

TO THIS PROMOTION OF YOURS.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING

THROUGH YOUR FILE.

THERE ARE ONLY SIX BACK VIEWS.

WE NEED 12 OF THEM, YOU KNOW.

TWO SETS OF SIX.

REMEMBER THAT, MONTAG.

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LINDA ?

LINDA !

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[ Woman ]

HOSPITAL LISTENING.

YES, IT'S ABOUT MY WIFE.

SHE--

NAME AND ADDRESS.

UH... MONTAG.

BLOCK 813.

813 ?

UH, JUST A MOMENT.

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HELLO ?

I JUST CAME HOME FROM WORK,

YES.

AND I FOUND HER:

ON THE FLOOR UNCONSCIOUS.

DOES SHE TAKE PILLS ?

OF COURSE !

YESTERDAY, SHE--

JUST A MOMENT.

I'LL CONNECT YOU

WITH POISONING SECTION.

YES.

[ Man ]

POISONING LISTENING.

IT'S ABOUT MY WIFE. SHE--

NAME AND ADDRESS.

UH, MONTAG.

BLOCK 813.

WHAT KIND OF PILLS ?

OH...

UH, JUST A MOMENT.

HELLO ?

YES ?

THEY ARE RED.

OH, AND RED NUMBER TWO.

OH, IT'S A STIMULANT.

IT'S HARMLESS.

SHE'S PROBABLY TAKEN

THE WRONG KIND OF SEDATIVE

ON TOP OF THAT.

OH, JUST A MOMENT.

HELLO ?

YES, LISTENING.

OH, YES, THEY ARE

GOLDEN NUMBER EIGHT.

RIGHT. STAY CLOSE TO HER.

THE AMBULANCE IS ON ITS WAY.

FOUR MINUTES.

WHAT SHOULD I DO

IN THE MEANTIME ?

NOTHING.

WHERE IS THE DOCTOR ?

WHAT DOCTOR ?

THE DOCTOR THA TOOK CARE OF MY WIFE.

NO DOCTORS ON THESE JOBS.

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