{"id":"01KG078D1ADY6MMVZWPCWFHHZ7","cid":"bafkreie5pz7ri4bgrxiiqhq5urvndopzvqiuec3z5y6bz5cfklrt3a5qz4","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":2464,"extracted_at":"2026-01-27T17:15:40.756Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 6","source_file":"01KFYTG9MG93RTB6YAW34V48XG","start_line":2414,"text":" 2311\tme. \"What'sa matter?\" she said.\n 2312\t\"Nothing's the matter.\" Boy, was I getting nervous. \"The thing is, I had an\n 2313\toperation very recently.\"\n 2314\t\"Yeah? Where?\"\n 2315\t\"On my wuddayacallit--my clavichord.\"\n 2316\t\"Yeah? Where the hell's that?\"\n 2317\t\"The clavichord?\" I said. \"Well, actually, it's in the spinal canal. I mean it's quite a\n 2318\tways down in the spinal canal.\"\n 2319\t\"Yeah?\" she said. \"That's tough.\" Then she sat down on my goddam lap. \"You're\n 2320\tcute.\"\n 2321\tShe made me so nervous, I just kept on lying my head off. \"I'm still recuperating,\"\n 2322\tI told her.\n 2323\t\"You look like a guy in the movies. You know. Whosis. You know who I mean.\n 2324\tWhat the heck's his name?\"\n 2325\t\"I don't know,\" I said. She wouldn't get off my goddam lap.\n 2326\t\"Sure you know. He was in that pitcher with Mel-vine Douglas? The one that was\n 2327\tMel-vine Douglas's kid brother? That falls off this boat? You know who I mean.\"\n 2328\t\"No, I don't. I go to the movies as seldom as I can.\"\n\n\n 2329\tThen she started getting funny. Crude and all.\n 2330\t\"Do you mind cutting it out?\" I said. \"I'm not in the mood, I just told you. I just\n 2331\thad an operation.\"\n 2332\tShe didn't get up from my lap or anything, but she gave me this terrifically dirty\n 2333\tlook. \"Listen,\" she said. \"I was sleepin' when that crazy Maurice woke me up. If you\n 2334\tthink I'm--\"\n 2335\t\"I said I'd pay you for coming and all. I really will. I have plenty of dough. It's\n 2336\tjust that I'm practically just recovering from a very serious--\"\n 2337\t\"What the heck did you tell that crazy Maurice you wanted a girl for, then? If you\n 2338\tjust had a goddam operation on your goddam wuddayacallit. Huh?\"\n 2339\t\"I thought I'd be feeling a lot better than I do. I was a little premature in my\n 2340\tcalculations. No kidding. I'm sorry. If you'll just get up a second, I'll get my wallet. I\n 2341\tmean it.\"\n 2342\tShe was sore as hell, but she got up off my goddam lap so that I could go over and\n 2343\tget my wallet off the chiffonier. I took out a five-dollar bill and handed it to her. \"Thanks\n 2344\ta lot,\" I told her. \"Thanks a million.\"\n 2345\t\"This is a five. It costs ten.\"\n 2346\tShe was getting funny, you could tell. I was afraid something like that would\n 2347\thappen--I really was.\n 2348\t\"Maurice said five,\" I told her. \"He said fifteen till noon and only five for a\n 2349\tthrow.\"\n 2350\t\"Ten for a throw.\"\n 2351\t\"He said five. I'm sorry--I really am--but that's all I'm gonna shell out.\"\n 2352\tShe sort of shrugged her shoulders, the way she did before, and then she said,\n 2353\tvery cold, \"Do you mind getting me my frock? Or would it be too much trouble?\" She\n 2354\twas a pretty spooky kid. Even with that little bitty voice she had, she could sort of scare\n 2355\tyou a little bit. If she'd been a big old prostitute, with a lot of makeup on her face and all,\n 2356\tshe wouldn't have been half as spooky.\n 2357\tI went and got her dress for her. She put it on and all, and then she picked up her\n 2358\tpolo coat off the bed. \"So long, crumb-bum,\" she said.\n 2359\t\"So long,\" I said. I didn't thank her or anything. I'm glad I didn't.","title":"Chunk 6"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG0725N1AW73BK692GT6CGC5","peer_label":"13","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KFXT0KM64XT6K8W52TDEE0YS","peer_label":"More Classics","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":1,"created_at":"2026-01-27T17:15:41.724Z","ts":"2026-01-27T17:15:41.724Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}