Part 5: Chapters 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 and 119 Summary

The Wolf flies his own plane from New Hampshire into Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. He drives into New York City, a city he hates, to a doctor's office on 63rd Street. The nurse on duty, who is also acting as the receptionist, tells him that there are forms to fill out. He replies that he will fill out nothing and pushes past her to find Dr. Levine in the small, cold operating theater.

There are just the three of them there, at his insistence. The office has been closed to other patients. He tells the doctor that he doesn't want to be there more than a few hours so she should begin; he is ready. When she says that that's not possible, he tells her that he won't need anesthesia. She responds that the procedures, including a face...