Summary:
-Bell begins the chapter by talking about the old times and wondering whether or not we benefit from new technology or not
--"I told the man I thought I'd stick with what I had. That aint always a good policy. But it aint always a bad one neither." pg. 62
---> this goes along with the theme of the uncertain future and not knowing what is to come; it highlights Bell's fears also
-There is a car fire at the scene of the drug war and Bell is alerted to it
-The next day he and another deputy take the horses out there and investigate; they realize Moss's truck is there and wonder what happened to him
--"I hope this boy aint dead down here, Bell said. He seemed a decent enough boy the time or two I seen him." --->shows Moss is a good guy, helps the reader to like him
-Bell is then informed about the man Chigurh killed to take his car, and the interesting wound
--"they said that he had what looked to be a large caliber bullet wound in the forehead and that said wound had penetrated to a distance of approximately two and a half inches through the skull and into the frontal love of the brain but that there was not no bullet to be found." pg. 78--->Chigurh has sophisticated weapons and is always one step ahead
-Bell is confused
--"I aint sure we've seen these people before. Their kind. I dont know what to do about em even. If you killed em all they'd have to build a annex on to hell." pg. 79
--->uncertain future, foreshadows the chaos to come
-Chigurh, getting information from Moss's truck, goes to Moss's trailer looking for him, he asks around about him also
-Moss had left the trailer and gets on a bus to Del Rio and gets a hotel room
-He runs errands and tries to prepare himself
--hides money
--gets a shotgun and customizes it
--stays in a different hotel one night
--thinks about situation
--->"..he knew that he was probably going to have to kill somebody. he just didnt know who it was." pg. 87 ...foreshadowing
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