Captain Beatty, Montag's fire chief, personally visits him and tells him the story of how books lost their value and where the firemen fit in: Over the course of several decades ( with the starting point being after the American Civil War ), populations grew and people embraced new media, sports, and a quickening pace of life.

A few days after their first meeting, she disappears without any explanation, although Mildred tells Montag ( and Captain Beatty confirms ) that Clarisse was hit by a speeding car and that her family left following her death.

Montag yells at her and Mildred, at the request of Beatty, quietly leaves the room to watch the parlor walls.

Beatty knows that Montag has a book but acts casual about it, stating that it's natural that every fireman gets curious about books and starts to possess one.

After Beatty has left, Montag shows Mildred the books he has hidden in the ventilator of their home.

Montag returns to the firehouse the next day with only one of the books, which Beatty tosses into the trash.

Beatty orders Montag to destroy his own house, telling him that his wife and neighbors were the ones who reported him.

Montag threatens Beatty with the flamethrower and ( after Beatty taunts him ) burns his boss alive.

In a scene written years later by Bradbury for the Fahrenheit 451 play, Beatty invites Montag to his house where he shows him walls of books left to molder on their shelves.

Montag's fire chief, Beatty, tries to persuade him that books are evil, and urges him to return to the unthinking fireman mentality, but Montag refuses.

Beatty drives Montag to his house, where he finds out that Montag and Faber communicate through the " seashells ".

After Beatty said he was going to track down who was on the other line, Montag burns Beatty alive along with his own house.

The opening stanza also appears in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, as Fire Captain Beatty chastizes Guy Montag, the protagonist, about reading books, which are forbidden in the society of the novel.

Beatty had a close relationship with his elder brother Charles, who became his ally against their oppressive and overbearing father.

The couple had at first exchanged letters, which Beatty signed ' Jack ', as Ethel was still a married woman and discretion was advised.

Beatty's father was also unhappy about the match, fearing a repeat of the difficulties he had faced with his own relationship with a married woman, but with the added risk of publicity because both Beatty and Ethel were famous and the risk that Beatty's illegitimacy might be exposed.

Ronald and his mother were never reconciled from his perception that she had deserted his father, but he visited in later life and became friendly with Beatty.

The couple had two sons, David Field Beatty, 2nd Earl Beatty ( 1905 – 1972 ) born at the Capua Palace, Malta, and the Hon.

Beatty ’ s flamboyant style included wearing a non-standard uniform, which had six buttons instead of the regulation eight on the jacket, and always wearing his cap at an angle.

The gunboats were in support at the Battle of Omdurman, where Beatty made the acquaintance of Winston Churchill who had become a cavalry officer in Beatty's father's old regiment, the 4th Hussars, and had there learnt his family history.

At the time Beatty was 27 and had served only 6 years as Lieutenant compared to the typical 12 before promotion.

Beatty was strongly commended by Captain E. H. Bayley, who had been his commander during the siege, and by the commander in chief.

Churchill had met Beatty when Beatty was commander of a gunboat on the Nile supporting the army at the Battle of Omdurman, in which Churchill took part as a cavalry officer.

Seymour had aristocratic connections, which may have appealed to Beatty since he sought connections in society, but it was also the case that Seymour's sister was a longstanding close friend of Churchill's wife.

Beatty is reported to have remarked ( to his Flag Captain, Chatfield, later First Sea Lord in the early 1930s ), " there seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today ," after two of them had exploded within half an hour during the battle.

In 1927 Beatty, who had become the first chairman of the Chiefs of Staff, retired from active service.

This was partly a consequence of his ships being stationed at Rosyth, rather than Scapa Flow with the main fleet, since local facilities at Rosyth were limited, but this was a problem identified months before Jutland which Beatty had failed to correct.

Beatty was critical of Jellicoe's cautious approach to the Grand Fleet, arguing this had thrown away the opportunity for a decisive numerical victory.

The German strategy was one which relied upon chance to create opportunities for local victories, such as had happened against Beatty, whereas Jellicoe considered a careful approach always favoured the larger force.

" Beatty had requested in his will that he would like to be buried next to his wife Ethel at Dingley.

In Germany, Beatty had ruined his reputation when he told the crews of his ships that were receiving the German High Seas Fleet for its internment at Scapa Flow, " Don't forget that the enemy is a despicable beast ," and arranged the surrender of the German Fleet as a grand spectacle of humiliation.

A policy was introduced of promoting British naval officers by merit and ability rather than time served, which saw rapid promotions for Jellicoe and Beatty, both of whom had important roles in the forthcoming World War I.

Caron had an affair with Warren Beatty ( 1961 ).

He also had a minor role in Gerald Thomas's thriller Time Lock ( 1957 ) as a welder, appearing alongside Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson, Betty McDowall and Vincent Winter, which commenced filming on 1 December 1956 at Beaconsfield Studios.

In describing the dream Beatty shows that, despite his disillusionment, he was once an enthusiastic reader.

Lyle ( Beatty ) and Chuck ( Hoffman ) are inept songwriters who dream of becoming a popular singing duo like Simon and Garfunkel.

Among her portraits which followed from that association are those of Georges Clemenceau ; First Lady Edith Roosevelt and her daughter ; and Admiral Sir David Beatty.

Life in the Mediterranean fleet was considerably easier than cadet life, with visits to friendly ports all around the Mediterranean, but Beatty was concerned to work diligently towards naval examinations, which would determine seniority and future promotion prospects.

Beatty presented Meurer with the terms, which were expanded at a second meeting the following day.

Ephrem the Syrian wrote a commentary on it, the Syriac original of which was rediscovered only in 1957, when a manuscript acquired by Sir Chester Beatty in 1957 ( now Chester Beatty Syriac MS 709, Dublin ) turned out to contain the text of Ephrem's commentary.

* The Chester Beatty Papyri ( Greek ; the New Testament portions of which were copied in the 3rd century )

Sondheim has written material for movies, including the 1981 Warren Beatty film Reds, for which he contributed the song " Goodbye For Now ".

On the 13th of September 2009 the contractors of the Dartford River Crossing ( Le Crossing ) changed to Connect Plus M25, which again is made up of a consortium of Atkins, Egis, Skanska, and Balfour Beatty.

Meanwhile, Warren Beatty, Bonnie and Clydes producer and star, complained to Warner Brothers that if the company was willing to go to so much trouble for Reflections in a Golden Eye ( they had changed the coloration scheme at considerable expense ), which was getting poor reviews, their neglect of his film, which was getting excellent press, suggested a conflict of interest ; he threatened to sue the company.

In 1967, she was in Hurry Sundown ; that same year, she gained the leading female role in Bonnie and Clyde opposite Warren Beatty, which earned her an Oscar nomination.

The land on which part of Cambridge stands was granted to Zaccheus Biggs and Zaccheus Beatty by the government in 1801.

In summation First Sea Lord David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty proclaimed " know of no operation in which the Navy and the Air have to co-operate in which the Navy would not play the more important role than the air service ".