Dolarhyde drives his van, with Lounds inside, back to the Tattler building in Chicago. Dolarhyde puts on the white coat of a medical orderly and pulls Lounds out of the back of the van with the blanket covering the fact that he is wearing a blindfold and a gag. However, the blindfold is tented over his nose, and Lounds can see the license plate number. Lounds is careful to memorize the number, as Dolarhyde rolls him away from the van.
Dolarhyde has placed a thermos in Lounds's lap that he has allowed Lounds to believe contains his lips. However, as they draw closer to the building, Dolarhyde assures Lounds that the container does not hold his lips, it holds gasoline which Dolarhyde then pours over Lounds's entire body. Dolarhyde then lights.....
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