the train, a woman gets on at Trenton and sits right beside him, even
though the train is nearly empty. She strikes up a conversation with him,
noticing the Pencey sticker on his suitcase, and says that her son, Ernest
Morrow, goes to Pencey as well. Holden remembers him as "the biggest
bastard that ever went to Pencey." Holden tells her that his name is Rudolf
Schmidt, the name of the Pencey janitor. Holden lies to Mrs. Morrow,
pretending that he likes Pencey and that he is good friends with Ernest.
She thinks that her son is Њsensitive,' an idea that Holden finds
laughable, but Holden continues to tell lies about Ernest, such as that he
would have been elected class president, but he was too modest to accept
the nomination. Holden asks if she would like to join him for a cocktail in
the club car. Finally, he tells her that he is leaving Pencey early because
he has to have an operation; he claims he has a tumor on his brain. When
she invites Holden to visit during the summer, he says that he will be
spending the summer in South America with his grandmother.
Chapter Nine:
When Holden reaches New York, he does not know whom to call. He considers
calling his kid sister, Phoebe, but she would be asleep and his parents
would overhear. He also considers calling Jane Gallagher or Sally Hayes,
another friend, but finally does not call anybody. He gets into a cab and
absentmindedly gives the driver his home address, but soon realizes that he
does not want to get home. He goes to the Edmond Hotel instead, where he
stays in a shabby room. He looks out of the window and could see the other
side of the hotel. From this view he can see other rooms; in one of them, a
man takes off his clothes and puts on ladies' clothing, while in another a
man and a woman spit their drinks at one another. Holden thinks that he's
the "biggest sex maniac you ever saw," but then claims that he does not
understand sex at all. He then thinks of calling Jane Gallagher but again
decides against it, and instead considers calling a woman named Faith
Cavendish, who was formerly a burlesque stripper and is not quite a
prostitute. When he calls her, he continues to ask whether or not they
could get a drink together, but she turns him down at every opportunity.
Chapter Ten:
Holden describes more about his family in this chapter. His sister Phoebe
is the smartest little kid that he has ever met, and Holden himself is the
only dumb one. Phoebe reminds Holden of Allie in physical appearance, but
she is very emotional. She writes books about Hazle Weatherfield, a girl
detective. Holden goes down to the Lavender Room, a nightclub in the hotel.
The band there is putrid and the people are mostly old. When he attempts to
order a drink, the waiter asks for identification, but since he does not
have proof of his age, he begs the waiter to put rum in his Coke. Holden
"gives the eye" to three women at another table, in particular a blonde
one. He asks the blonde one to dance, and Holden judges her to be an
excellent dancer, but a moron. Holden is offended when the woman, Bernice
Krebs, asks his age and when he uses profanity in front of her. He tells
these women, who are visiting from Seattle, that his name is Jim Steele.
Since they keep mentioning how they saw Peter Lorre that day, Holden claims
that he just saw Gary Cooper, who just left the Lavender Room. Holden
thinks that the women are sad for wanting to go to the first show at Radio
City Music Hall.
Chapter Eleven:
Upon leaving the Lavender Room, Holden begins to think of Jane Gallagher
and worries that Stradlater seduced her. Holden met Jane when his mother
became irritated that the Gallagher's Doberman pinscher relieved itself on
their lawn. Several days later, he introduced himself to her, but it took
some time before he could convince her that he didn't care what their dog
did. Holden reminisces about Jane's smile, and admits that she is the only
person whom he showed Allie's baseball mitt. The one time that he and Jane
did anything sexual together was after she had a fight with Mr. Cudahy, her
father-in-law. Holden suspected that he had tried to "get wise with" Jane.
Holden decides to go to Ernie's, a nightclub in Greenwich village that D.B.
used to frequent before he went to Hollywood.
Chapter Twelve:
In the cab to Ernie's, Holden chats with Horwitz, the cab driver. He asks
what happens to the ducks in Central Park during the winter, but the two
get into an argument when Horwitz thinks that Holden's questions are
stupid. Ernie's is filled with prep school and college jerks, as Holden
calls them. Holden notices a Joe Yale-looking guy with a beautiful girl; he
is telling the girl how a guy in his dorm nearly committed suicide. A
former girlfriend of Holden's brother, D.B., recognizes him. The girl,
Lillian Simmons, asks about D.B. and introduces Holden to a Navy commander
she is dating. Holden notices how she blocks the aisle in the place as she
drones on about how handsome Holden has become. Rather than spend time with
Lillian Simmons, Holden leaves.
Chapter Thirteen:
Holden walks back to his hotel, although it is forty-one blocks away. He
considers how he would confront a person who had stolen his gloves.
Although he would not do so aggressively, he wishes that he could threaten
the person who stole them. Holden finally concludes that he would yell at
the thief but not have the courage to hit him. Holden reminisces about
drinking with Raymond Goldfarb at Whooton. While back at the hotel, Maurice
the elevator man asks Holden if he is interested in a little tail tonight.
He offers a prostitute for five dollars. When she arrives, she does not
believe that he is twenty-two, as he claims. Holden finally tells the
prostitute, Sunny, that he just had an operation on his clavichord, as an
excuse not to have sex. She is angry, but he still pays her, even though
they argue over the price. He gives her five dollars, although she demands
ten.
Chapter Fourteen:
After the prostitute leaves, Holden sits in a chair and talks aloud to his
brother Allie, which he often does whenever he is depressed. Finally he
gets in bed and feels like praying, although he is "sort of an atheist." He
claims that he likes Jesus, but the Disciples annoy him. Other than Jesus,
the Biblical character he likes best is the lunatic who lived in the tombs
and cut himself with stones. Holden tells that his parents disagree on
religion and none of his siblings attend church. Maurice and Sunny knock on
the door, demanding more money. Holden argues with Maurice and threatens to
call the cops, but Maurice says that his parents would find out that he
spent the night with a whore. As Holden starts to cry, Sunny takes the
money from his wallet. Maurice punches him in the stomach before leaving.
After Maurice is gone, Holden imagines that he had taken a bullet and would
shoot Maurice in the stomach. Holden feels like committing suicide by
jumping out the window, but he wouldn't want people looking at his gory
body on the sidewalk.
Chapter Fifteen:
Holden calls Sally Hayes, who goes to the Mary A. Woodruff School.
According to Holden, Sally seems quite intelligent because she knows a good
deal about the theater and literature, but is actually quite stupid. He
makes a date to meet Sally for a matinee, but she continues to chat with
Holden on the phone despite his lack of interest. Holden tells that his
father is a wealthy corporation attorney and his mother has not been
healthy since Allie died. At Grand Central Station, where Holden checks in
his bags after leaving the hotel, he sees two nuns with cheap suitcases.
Holden reminisces about his roommate at Elkton Hills, Dick Slagle who had
cheap suitcases and would complain about how everything was bourgeois. He
chats with the nuns and gives them a donation. He wonders what nuns think
about sex when he discusses Romeo and Juliet with them.
Chapter Sixteen:
Before meeting Sally Hayes, Holden goes to find a record called "Little
Shirley Beans" for Phoebe by Estelle Fletcher. As he walks through the
city, he hears a poor kid playing with his parents, singing the song "If a
body catch a body coming through the rye." Hearing the song makes Holden
feel less depressed. Holden buys tickets for I Know My Love, a play
starring the Lunts. He knew that Sally would enjoy it, for it was supposed
to be very sophisticated. Holden goes to the Mall, where Phoebe usually
plays when she is in the park, and sees a couple of kids playing there. He
asks if any of them know Phoebe. They do, and claim that she is probably in
the Museum of Natural History. He reminisces about going to the Museum when
he was in grade school. He remembers how he would go there often with his
class, but while the exhibits would be exactly the same, he would be
different each time. Holden considers going to the museum to see Phoebe,
but instead goes to the Biltmore for his date with Sally.
Chapter Seventeen:
Holden meets Sally at the Biltmore, and when he sees her he immediately
feels like marrying her, even though he doesn't particularly like her.
After the play, when Sally keeps mentioning that she thinks she knows
people she sees, Holden replies "Why don't you go on over and give him a
big soul kiss, if you know him? He'll enjoy it." Finally, Sally does go to
talk to the boy she knows, George from Andover. Holden notes how phony the
conversation between Sally and George is. Holden and Sally go ice skating
at Radio City, then to eat. Sally asks Holden if he is coming over to help
her trim the Christmas tree. Holden asks her if she ever gets fed up. He
tells her that he hates everything: taxicabs, living in New York, phony
guys who call the Lunts angels. Sally tells him not to shout. He tells her
that she is the only reason that he is in New York right now. If not for
her, he would be in the woods, he claims. He complains about the cliques at
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