Chapters 15, 16, 17 18 and 19 Summary

Chapter 15 - As they continue to embrace, Mary Kathleen and Starbuck murmur comfortingly to each other, with Mary Kathleen insisting she's still working towards the Communist revolution. Soon she recovers herself, grabs her shopping bags (which contain all her worldly possessions), and then takes Starbuck to her secret places. The first is a dark, oppressive cavern below Grand Central station where she sleeps, while the second is a bright open space at the top of the Chrysler Building where the American Harp Company (which Starbuck says had recently become a RAMJAC subsidiary) has a showroom. There Mary Kathleen and Starbuck encounter Delmar Peale, an ancient harp salesman, who is, it turns out, unhappy that Mary Kathleen has brought a stranger into the showroom. He lets her stay there, but doesn't want her to bring anyone else. In an attempt to defuse...