Ch. I Pg. 54-82 Summary

John Grady goes to the local brothel again and this time asks the barman about the girl he saw there. The barman does not know and neither do the other girls, but a cab driver offers to take him around to other whorehouses. Eventually they find a man named Manolo who offers to tell John Grady where she is for fifty dollars. He calls her an "epilieptica." John Grady gives Manolo thirty dollars, which is all he has. Manolo tells him she is at a brothel called the White Lake.

Back at the ranch, he mentions the White Lake to Billy, who tells him that it is really expensive and to stay away.

John Grady goes to Mac and asks for an advance of one hundred dollars from his next month's pay. Mac gives it to him...