Chapters 5 and 6 Summary

In chapter five, it's a week later. Kathryn comes home from work exhausted to find Paul writing his novel, but he hasn't washed the breakfast dishes all day. He washes them, but the couple gets into a familiar argument about when Kathryn will be able to quit working at a job she hates, for a boss who yells at her. Paul tries to defend his writing. Stofsky calls to say he's looking for Pasternak. Stofsky says he has big news that he wants to tell Hobbes in person. Paul agrees to meet him, which renews his argument with Kathryn, who claims he's more interested in his crazy friends than in her. They're glum during dinner at their favorite restaurant, the Athens, but afterward they make love and are both happy for a while. Paul goes out to meet Stofsky and Kathryn...