Chapter 13

I walked back to the hotel. Forty one Goddam blocks. I put my hunting hat on. I wish i had my gloves me, it was goddam cold as hell, but some sonuvabitch stole them at Pencey, I wish I knew who’d stolen them. I probly wouldn’t have done anything though even if I knew, im very yellow that way. Anyway I got in the elevator back up to my room. I didn’t feel much like sticking round in that crappy lobby, I wall really depressed and all, I almost wished I was dead, I really did. The elevator guy asked me if I was interested in a good time. I didn’t know what he was talking about at first. He meant a goddam prostitute for the night. He said it was 5 bucks a throw and 15 till noon. I said Ok, I don’t know why though, I was depressed as hell. I wasn’t even thinking straight. A bit later when i had changed, god nows why i did i mean it was only a prostitute, a young girl arrived, too young if you ask me. Her name was Sonny and she was about my age. I didn’t feel like sleeping with her, you could tell she was really scared. It made me feel sad as hell that somebody as young as her did this crappy thing for money, it really did. So instead of sleeping with her i shot the bull about how I was recovering from an operation on my “clavichord”. That killed me. So I gave her the 5bucks and asked her to leave, she said it was 10, but I didn’t give in. After a while she finally left.