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I

kept

sitting

there

getting

drunk

and

waiting

for

old

Tina

and

Janine

to

come

out

and

do

their

stuff

,

but

they

were

n't

there

.

A

flitty-looking

guy

with

wavy

hair

came

out

and

played

the

piano

,

and

then

this

new

babe

,

Valencia

,

came

out

and

sang

.

She

was

n't

any

good

,

but

she

was

better

than

old

Tina

and

Janine

,

and

at

least

she

sang

good

songs

.

The

piano

was

right

next

to

the

bar

where

I

was

sitting

and

all

,

and

old

Valencia

was

standing

practically

right

next

to

me

.

I

sort

of

gave

her

the

old

eye

,

but

she

pretended

she

did

n't

even

see

me

.

I

probably

would

n't

have

done

it

,

but

I

was

getting

drunk

as

hell

.

When

she

was

finished

,

she

beat

it

out

of

the

room

so

fast

I

did

n't

even

get

a

chance

to

invite

her

to

join

me

for

a

drink

,

so

I

called

the

headwaiter

over

.

I

told

him

to

ask

old

Valencia

if

she

'd

care

to

join

me

for

a

drink

.

He

said

he

would

,

but

he

probably

did

n't

even

give

her

my

message

.

People

never

give

your

message

to

anybody

.

Boy

,

I

sat

at

that

goddam

bar

till

around

one

o'clock

or

so

,

getting

drunk

as

a

bastard

.

I

could

hardly

see

straight

.

The

one

thing

I

did

,

though

,

I

was

careful

as

hell

not

to

get

boisterous

or

anything

.

I

did

n't

want

anybody

to

notice

me

or

anything

or

ask

how

old

I

was

.

But

,

boy

,

I

could

hardly

see

straight

.

When

I

was

really

drunk

,

I

started

that

stupid

business

with

the

bullet

in

my

guts

again

.

I

was

the

only

guy

at

the

bar

with

a

bullet

in

their

guts

.

I

kept

putting

my

hand

under

my

jacket

,

on

my

stomach

and

all

,

to

keep

the

blood

from

dripping

all

over

the

place

.

I

did

n't

want

anybody

to

know

I

was

even

wounded

.

I

was

concealing

the

fact

that

I

was

a

wounded

sonuvabitch

.

Finally

what

I

felt

like

,

I

felt

like

giving

old

Jane

a

buzz

and

see

if

she

was

home

yet

.

So

I

paid

my

check

and

all

.

Then

I

left

the

bar

and

went

out

where

the

telephones

were

.

I

kept

keeping

my

hand

under

my

jacket

to

keep

the

blood

from

dripping

.

Boy

,

was

I

drunk

.

But

when

I

got

inside

this

phone

booth

,

I

was

n't

much

in

the

mood

any

more

to

give

old

Jane

a

buzz

.

I

was

too

drunk

,

I

guess

.

So

what

I

did

,

I

gave

old

Sally

Hayes

a

buzz

.

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I

had

to

dial

about

twenty

numbers

before

I

got

the

right

one

.

Boy

,

was

I

blind

.

"

Hello

,

"

I

said

when

somebody

answered

the

goddam

phone

.

I

sort

of

yelled

it

,

I

was

so

drunk

.

"

Who

is

this

?

"

this

very

cold

lady

's

voice

said

.

"

This

is

me

.

Holden

Caulfield

.

Lem

me

speaka

Sally

,

please

.

"

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"

Sally

's

asleep

.

This

is

Sally

's

grandmother

.

Why

are

you

calling

at

this

hour

,

Holden

?

Do

you

know

what

time

it

is

?

"

"

Yeah

.

Wan

na

talka

Sally

.

Very

important

.

Put

her

on

.

"

"

Sally

's

asleep

,

young

man

.

Call

her

tomorrow

.

Good

night

.

"

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