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He thinks back to a guy she dated before he really knew her, and wonders why a nice girl would date "some guy that's strictly a bastard." She tells Holden that he simply has an inferiority complex, but Holden doesn't see how this excuses him. Holden has a sandwich at a lunch counter, and considers calling Jane's again. He concludes that the worst part is that he probably wouldn't have eloped with her if she had agreed, but that at the moment he really meant it all the same. He apologizes profusely, then eventually leaves her there at the rink. Frustrated, Holden calls her a pain in the ass, at which she bursts into tears.
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Sally, who for all her complaining loves New York, her school, and the people Holden identifies as phonies, rejects this as utterly "fantastic." She suggests that they could do all that after college, but Holden tries in vain to explain how they'd then have responsibilities, etc. He suggests that they borrow a car, drive up into New England, get married and find some place to live next to a little brook. Holden confides in Sally that he is fed up with New York City, fed up with prep schools, and fed up with all the phonies that populate both. After skating a while, they sit at a table beside the rink and have cokes. She rents a tiny skating skirt to wear, and Holden thinks that the excuse of wearing a short skirt was probably the reason Sally wanted to come - both are bad skaters. Sally suggests that she and Holden go skating at Radio City Music Hall. By the end of this time Holden concludes that he now dislikes Sally. Sally and the boy continue their conversation during the second intermission, and it's clear that Holden's disapproval of their conversation is based at least in part on jealousy that Sally's not talking with him. Holden declares his love for her, half seriously.ĭuring intermission, Sally spots someone she recognizes in the lobby, and Holden judges their conversation together to be the phoniest conversation he's ever heard. He and Sally get a cab to the show, and they kiss several times in the cab. Then he amends that, remembering one roommate he had who, though boring, could whistle well, and decides that there might be compensations for marrying a boring man. Waiting for Sally, he sees a lot of girls around, and feels depressed that most will marry boring men. \ Studyworld\ Studyworld Studynotes \ Catcher in the Rye, The: Studyworld Studynotes - Quotes - Reports & Essays