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Richard finds lodging in Memphis with a respectable mulatto woman named Mrs. Moss. He acquires a job washing dishes at a hotel. Mrs. Moss's daughter Bess takes a liking to Richard, but he resists her advances. Richard then gets a job at an optical company, where he faces challenges from both his landlady pestering him about Bess and racism at his workplace.
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Holden meets his former student adviser Carl Luce at the Wicker Bar in a fancy hotel. Luce seems bored and anxious to leave, telling Holden to grow up. They discuss sex, though Luce seems uninterested. When Luce leaves, he suggests Holden should see a psychoanalyst, having grown tired of Holden's childish behavior.
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Holden waits for his date Sally at Radio City and is taken by her appearance in a black coat and beret. During their play, he finds the actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne too polished in their skills. He impulsively asks Sally to run away with him using money he has in the bank, but she rejects his idea, thinking he's being weird.
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