{"id":"01KG076JSQ22BAV7VXM919XC4P","cid":"bafkreihu5mqsiroppiqahsqk4wydveetpkrh7kedpmp6wkhxmtdk2daqya","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":1659,"extracted_at":"2026-01-27T17:14:41.543Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 4","source_file":"01KFYTG9MG93RTB6YAW34V48XG","start_line":1600,"text":" 1531\t\"Who's this?\" she said. \"Who's calling me up at this crazy goddam hour?\"\n 1532\tThat sort of scared me a little bit. \"Well, I know it's quite late,\" I said, in this very\n 1533\tmature voice and all. \"I hope you'll forgive me, but I was very anxious to get in touch\n 1534\twith you.\" I said it suave as hell. I really did.\n 1535\t\"Who is this?\" she said.\n 1536\t\"Well, you don't know me, but I'm a friend of Eddie Birdsell's. He suggested that\n 1537\tif I were in town sometime, we ought to get together for a cocktail or two.\"\n 1538\t\"Who? You're a friend of who?\" Boy, she was a real tigress over the phone. She\n 1539\twas damn near yelling at me.\n 1540\t\"Edmund Birdsell. Eddie Birdsell,\" I said. I couldn't remember if his name was\n 1541\tEdmund or Edward. I only met him once, at a goddam stupid party.\n 1542\t\"I don't know anybody by that name, Jack. And if you think I enjoy bein' woke up\n 1543\tin the middle--\"\n 1544\t\"Eddie Birdsell? From Princeton?\" I said.\n 1545\tYou could tell she was running the name over in her mind and all.\n 1546\t\"Birdsell, Birdsell. . . from Princeton.. . Princeton College?\"\n 1547\t\"That's right,\" I said.\n 1548\t\"You from Princeton College?\"\n 1549\t\"Well, approximately.\"\n 1550\t\"Oh. . . How is Eddie?\" she said. \"This is certainly a peculiar time to call a person\n 1551\tup, though. Jesus Christ.\"\n 1552\t\"He's fine. He asked to be remembered to you.\"\n 1553\t\"Well, thank you. Remember me to him,\" she said. \"He's a grand person. What's\n 1554\the doing now?\" She was getting friendly as hell, all of a sudden.\n 1555\t\"Oh, you know. Same old stuff,\" I said. How the hell did I know what he was\n 1556\tdoing? I hardly knew the guy. I didn't even know if he was still at Princeton. \"Look,\" I\n 1557\tsaid. \"Would you be interested in meeting me for a cocktail somewhere?\"\n 1558\t\"By any chance do you have any idea what time it is?\" she said. \"What's your\n 1559\tname, anyhow, may I ask?\" She was getting an English accent, all of a sudden. \"You\n 1560\tsound a little on the young side.\"\n 1561\tI laughed. \"Thank you for the compliment,\" I said-- suave as hell. \"Holden\n 1562\tCaulfield's my name.\" I should've given her a phony name, but I didn't think of it.\n\n\n 1563\t\"Well, look, Mr. Cawffle. I'm not in the habit of making engagements in the\n 1564\tmiddle of the night. I'm a working gal.\"\n 1565\t\"Tomorrow's Sunday,\" I told her.\n 1566\t\"Well, anyway. I gotta get my beauty sleep. You know how it is.\"\n 1567\t\"I thought we might have just one cocktail together. It isn't too late.\"\n 1568\t\"Well. You're very sweet,\" she said. \"Where ya callin' from? Where ya at now,\n 1569\tanyways?\"\n 1570\t\"Me? I'm in a phone booth.\"\n 1571\t\"Oh,\" she said. Then there was this very long pause. \"Well, I'd like awfully to get\n 1572\ttogether with you sometime, Mr. Cawffle. You sound very attractive. You sound like a\n 1573\tvery attractive person. But it is late.\"\n 1574\t\"I could come up to your place.\"\n 1575\t\"Well, ordinary, I'd say grand. I mean I'd love to have you drop up for a cocktail,\n 1576\tbut my roommate happens to be ill. She's been laying here all night without a wink of\n 1577\tsleep. She just this minute closed her eyes and all. I mean.\"\n 1578\t\"Oh. That's too bad.\"\n 1579\t\"Where ya stopping at? Perhaps we could get together for cocktails tomorrow.\"\n 1580\t\"I can't make it tomorrow,\" I said. \"Tonight's the only time I can make it.\" What a\n 1581\tdope I was. I shouldn't've said that.\n 1582\t\"Oh. Well, I'm awfully sorry.\"\n 1583\t\"I'll say hello to Eddie for you.\"\n 1584\t\"Willya do that? I hope you enjoy your stay in New York. It's a grand place.\"\n 1585\t\"I know it is. Thanks. Good night,\" I said. Then I hung up.\n 1586\tBoy, I really fouled that up. I should've at least made it for cocktails or something.\n 1587\t10\n 1588\tIt was still pretty early. I'm not sure what time it was, but it wasn't too late. The","title":"Chunk 4"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG0725E9A9CCEYGRP2MDJ6G5","peer_label":"Chapter 9","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KFXT0KM64XT6K8W52TDEE0YS","peer_label":"More Classics","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":1,"created_at":"2026-01-27T17:14:42.063Z","ts":"2026-01-27T17:14:42.063Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}