Part II: Chapter 7 Summary

The opening session of the seminar is approximately two hours long. Though Thompson no longer believes that there is a cop among the crowd who could spot an actual drug user, he remains on edge purely out of an aversion to the people he mingles with.

After a time, the attorney departs the auditorium for the hotel casino, causing something of a ruckus as he squeezes between chairs. Thompson follows him, excusing himself by saying he feels sick, and passes through the crowd with minimal disturbance. Downstairs in the bar, Thompson and his attorney meet a DA from Georgia and regale him with made-up stories about the crime that is making its way gradually across the country: witchcraft. The description of murders, satanic worship, and beheadings alarm the DA. By the time they leave the bar—with an injunction...