Part II: Section 46 Summary

Kathy wakes up under a purple wool blanket. She begins crying. A few minutes later, Lester returns, and he fetches Kleenex and asks her what happened. He shows her the note he had written, and she asks, "In the bathroom"? He explains the events of the day (she'd thought he wasn't coming back). He sits on the bed and puts his arms around her. He hears the Colonel ask if his family could be allowed out to eat. Lester says he can eat when he sells, and Behrani says, clearly, he will sell. Lester is triumphant and Kathy is not sure what she has won. She says that she wouldn't have done what she did if she hadn't been drunk. The Colonel again knocks, and Lester tells Kathy that he's got to "keep the heat on" his captives until...