He calls her a "royal pain in the ass," and Sally starts to cry. She tells him that they will have a lot of time to do those things after college and marriage, but he claims that there wouldn't be "oodles" of places to go, and it would be entirely different from how she portrays it. Sally tells him that the idea is foolish, for they are both practically children who would starve to death. They could get married and live in the woods. He suggests that they borrow a car from a friend in Greenwich Village and drive up to New England where they can stay in a cabin camp until their money runs out. He complains about the cliques at boarding schools, and tells her that he's in lousy shape. If not for her, he would be in the woods, he claims. He tells her that she is the only reason that he is in New York right now. He tells her that he hates everything: taxicabs, living in New York, phony guys who call the Lunts angels. Sally asks Holden if he is coming over to help her trim the Christmas tree. Holden and Sally go ice skating at Radio City, then to eat. Holden, of course, notes how phony the conversation between Sally and George is. After the play, when Sally keeps mentioning that she thinks she knows people she sees, Holden replies "Why don't you go on over and give him a big soul kiss, if you know him? He'll enjoy it." Finally, Sally does go to talk to the boy she knows, George from Andover. Holden meets Sally at the Biltmore, and when he sees her he immediately feels like marrying her, even though he doesn't particularly like her. Holden considers going to the museum to see Phoebe, but instead goes to the Biltmore for his date with Sally. He remembers how he would go there often with his class, but while the exhibits would be exactly the same, he would be different each time in mind and body. Holden then reminisces about going to the Museum when he was in grade school.
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They tell him that she is probably in the Museum of Natural History. Holden goes to the Mall, where Phoebe usually plays when she is in the park, and sees a couple of kids playing there.
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He knew that Sally would enjoy it, because it's a sophisticated show starring well-known stars. As he walks through the city, he hears a poor kid playing with his parents, singing the song "If a body catch a body coming through the rye." Hearing the song makes Holden feel less depressed.Īt the theater, Holden buys tickets for I Know My Love, a play starring the Lunts. Before meeting Sally Hayes, Holden goes to find a record called "Little Shirley Beans" for Phoebe by Estelle Fletcher.