Fahrenheit 451

what piece of info does beatty share with montage that refers back to something mrs. blake had said?

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Mrs. Blake says to Beatty before being burned in her home;

" 'Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.' "

This is a direct reference to what a man named Latimer said to Nicholas Ridley when they were burned alive.

(Montag's dialogue)

" `We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out,"' said Beatty. Stoneman glanced over at the Captain, as did Montag, startled. Beatty rubbed his chin. "A man named Latimer said that to a man named Nicholas Ridley, as they were being burnt alive at Oxford, for heresy, on October 16, 1555."

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