Bessie reappears in the bathroom when Zooey starts to shave, much to Zooey's dismay. Again, he tells her to get out, but she stays to have another conversation with him. This time, Bessie says she has a question that she wants Zooey's opinion on: She wants to know if she should call Waker, the older Glass brother who is now a priest and presently in Ecuador on a Jesuit mission. Zooey asks what Franny said about talking to Waker, and Bessie says that Franny said she doesn't want to talk to anyone.
After rebuking his mother for ignoring Franny's wishes, Bessie tells Zooey that Lane, Franny's boyfriend, has called five or six times in the last two days to check up on her. Zooey tells his mother that Lane is a "charm boy.....
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