Chapter 6 Summary

This chapter starts with Isidore standing outside his new neighbor's apartment. We hear the TV blasting away, with the host Buster Friendly giving a weather report that talks about fallout rather than rain or sunshine. He knocks on the door, and when no one answers, he tells the person who he is. The door is answered by a woman who seems very afraid, is naked from the waist up and is glad to learn he is the only other person in the building.

Isidore sees that she has just moved in, and that she seems bewildered by his offer of a cube of margarine. She also does not seem to know who Buster Friendly is, which surprises Isidore. She refuses to tell him where she came from, and tells him that she does not want company. Isidore looks around her apartment and offers...