The Innocent

Does anyone have a chapter two summary for The Innocent by Ian McEwan?

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In Chapter 2, Marnham becomes increasingly uncomfortable as Glass bombards him with questions without seeming to care about the answers and, at the end of the drive, arranges for them to go out together and find some girls. When they arrive at Altglienicke, Glass goes through a complicated series of security arrangements, leaving Marnham in the car at the main gate. While waiting for Glass to return, Marnham watches a couple of Americans toss a football back and forth, and wonders at their extravagant playfulness. After Glass returns, he tells Marnham that there is a complicated system of security clearances within which the system functions and that the site is constantly under surveillance by the Russian military. Glass then shows Marnham through the complex, guiding him past a large tunnel in the process of being dug and showing him to the room where he (Marnham) is to set up and modify several banks of tape recorders. Later, as Marnham is toured through the rest of the facility, Glass tells him that the Americans are only allowing the British to work on the tunnel as a political favor, his comments making Marnham more and more angry. His anger peaks when, after driving Marnham home, Glass complains about the relative luxury of his accommodations, saying that it is strange that a mere post office clerk should be put up so well.

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