451 по фаренгейту
Burning Bright
HesawFaberstopuphisownbreathforfearofdrawingthatghostintohisownbody,perhaps,beingcontaminatedwiththephantomexhalationsandodoursofarunningman.
"TheMechanicalHoundisnowlandingbyhelicopteratthesiteoftheBurning!"
Andthereonthesmallscreenwastheburnthouse,andthecrowd,andsomethingwithasheetoveritandoutofthesky,fluttering,camethehelicopterlikeagrotesqueflower.
Sotheymusthavetheirgameout,thoughtMontag.Thecircusmustgoon,evenwithwarbeginningwithinthehour...
Hewatchedthescene,fascinated,notwantingtomove. Itseemedsoremoteandnopartofhim; itwasaplayapartandseparate,wondroustowatch,notwithoutitsstrangepleasure. That’sallforme,youthought,that’salltakingplacejustforme,byGod.
Ifhewished,hecouldlingerhere,incomfort,andfollowtheentirehuntonthroughitsswiftphases,downalleysacrossstreets, overemptyrunningavenues,crossinglotsandplaygrounds, withpauseshereorthereforthenecessarycommercials, upotheralleystotheburninghouseofMr.andMrs.Black,andsoonfinallytothishousewithFaberandhimselfseated,drinking, whiletheElectricHoundsnuffeddownthelasttrail, silentasadriftofdeathitself, skiddedtoahaltoutsidethatwindowthere. Then,ifhewished,Montagmightrise,walktothewindow, keeponeeyeontheTVscreen,openthewindow,leanout,lookback, andseehimselfdramatized,described,madeover,standingthere,limnedinthebrightsmalltelevisionscreenfromoutside, adramatobewatchedobjectively,knowingthatinotherparlourshewaslargeaslife,infullcolour,dimensionallyperfect!
