Appointment in Samarra Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 9 Summary

Chapter 9 Summary

Julian does not meet Lute at the office. He decides instead that, because it will be so awful to tell his father, Harry Reilly and others that he needs to be rescued from bankruptcy, he deserves to have the rest of the day to himself.

Julian thinks of all he has done in the last couple of days, and especially about his discovery that people can be his enemies, even when he thinks they are his friends. He thinks of all his friends and their wives, and he wonders if any of them are really his friends. He remembers a Polish girl, Mary, whom he had loved as a young man. Neither his friends, nor her family, were supportive of their love. The girl's father had sent her away. Then he lay down to sleep.

The doorbell wakes Julian up. Ms. Alice Cartwright has come to cover the English's party...
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