Sieve & the Sand

The "Sieve and the Sand" starts out with a rainy day, which is kind of ironic to maybe the mood both Guy, and Mildred may be in with having over 20 books and reading them. Guy goes back to a time when he met a man named "Faber" and knew that he knew things about books that many did not. Back when he met him, he did not think much about him or care for that matter. But now that Guy is interested and wants to know more he knows Faber is someone he could go to for more information. He filed his address, and was able to go and find Faber. Before Guy left to meet Faber he had called him, and with doing so scared Faber in speaking up and saying what he may or may not know; because he did not know if it would be a set up or not? With Guy knocking on the door, Faber is frightened that Guy brought people to maybe set him up. Guy and Faber discuss many things.
One thing I found very interesting about their conversation was the idea of planting books in fire fighters homes to have there houses burnt down. It would be a very enlightening moment to see a fire mans house burn down, and maybe spark interest in others to learn and want to know more. If people see a fire mans house being burnt down, it would possibly spark something in people that if a fireman know the consequences of having books, yet are daring to have them people may want to dare to look and know more. Not sure if that is what Faber meant, but that is what I perceived from his plan? I also think it was a way for pay back to fire men burning down peoples homes and not caring, so maybe they would care more if they saw their own house in flames.