Montag goes with Beatty to a club to meet with informant Clarisse; Beatty and Clarisse work out a deal.

Montag tries to keep Clarisse from leaving the club, then she suggests he should try reading books before burning them.

Clarisse listens to a record in her apartment while soldering some electronics; Beatty gathers up a collection of handwritten quotes and burns them; Montag contemplates his fireman's hat.