____ the way to Ernie's, Holden ____ ducks, fish, and winter with the cab driver. ____ the club, Holden ____ his opinions concerning the aesthetics of performance, Ernie, the crowd in general, and a ____ couple in particular. Lillian Simmons, a ____ girlfriend of D.B., ____ by his table with her date, a Navy officer. Holden is tired ____ taxis and walks the forty-one blocks back to the hotel, ____ his red hunting cap with the earflaps down, ____ his pilfered gloves, and bemoaning his ____. The elevator man, Maurice, doubles as a pimp and offers ____ provide Holden ____ female companionship for "five bucks a throw" or fifteen dollars for the night. Holden ____ to go for "a throw" in his room, 1222, but almost immediately ____ it. The hooker calls ____ Sunny; Holden ____ her his name is Jim Steele. ____ they do little more than talk, ____ Holden is more depressed than ready to have sex, Sunny says ____ her fee is ten dollars. Holden pays ____ only five, and she leaves, calling him a "crumb-bum."

The Catcher 12-13

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