Summary

Chapter 28: Marian takes the subway to the Laundromat. She finds Duncan inside by the dryers, smoking a cigarette. She tells him that she is ready to sleep with him and they debate a place to go. Duncan has a little bit of money but Marian has none. They take the subway to a seedy part of town and look for a hotel that will be cheap enough and let them stay there. The first place refuses to give them a room, mistaking Marian for a prostitute. The next place takes Duncan’s money and they go to the small room. Duncan makes her take off her makeup and even then, is unable to get aroused. He tells her that he needs to take his time and begins to nuzzle her neck.

Chapter 29: The next morning, Marian and Duncan go to breakfast with the last of...