The narrator goes into a long description of the family's den, which is crowded with furniture, photos and mementos. Included in the room are newspaper clippings about the children's time on the radio. The furniture has nicks and marks from where the boys played football. It's in this room that Franny lies on the couch, asleep with a cashmere afghan covering her.
Zooey walks in and wakes her up. She's startled and a bit annoyed, but she tells him about a nightmare she just had. In her dream, she kept being forced to go down into a pool to retrieve a can of coffee. People from school surround her, and every time she comes up for air, two of her classmates try to hit her with a paddle. A professor that she dislikes.....
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