Chapter 15 Summary

The narrator awakes in the morning to people in the building loudly banging on the steam line because there is no heat. The narrator notices a figurine of a black person that is used as a bank. The narrator finds it unbelievable that Mary would own such a mocking image and breaks it accidentally. The narrator tries to hide the figurine when Mary comes to the door. The narrator packs his belongings and places the broken figurine in his briefcase. The narrator goes out to the kitchen, washes up, and after listening to Mary talk, finally pays her with a hundred dollar bill for his rent. Mary says she will put some money aside for the narrator and thinks that he has won at playing the lottery. The narrator has coffee and leaves without telling Mary that he will not be returning.

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