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3568 I kept sitting there getting drunk and waiting for old Tina and Janine to come out
3569 and do their stuff, but they weren't there. A flitty-looking guy with wavy hair came out
3570 and played the piano, and then this new babe, Valencia, came out and sang. She wasn't
3571 any good, but she was better than old Tina and Janine, and at least she sang good songs.
3572 The piano was right next to the bar where I was sitting and all, and old Valencia was
3573 standing practically right next to me. I sort of gave her the old eye, but she pretended she
3574 didn't even see me. I probably wouldn't have done it, but I was getting drunk as hell.
3575 When she was finished, she beat it out of the room so fast I didn't even get a chance to
3576 invite her to join me for a drink, so I called the headwaiter over. I told him to ask old
3577 Valencia if she'd care to join me for a drink. He said he would, but he probably didn't
3578 even give her my message. People never give your message to anybody.
3579 Boy, I sat at that goddam bar till around one o'clock or so, getting drunk as a
3580 bastard. I could hardly see straight. The one thing I did, though, I was careful as hell not
3581 to get boisterous or anything. I didn't want anybody to notice me or anything or ask how
3582 old I was. But, boy, I could hardly see straight. When I was really drunk, I started that
3583 stupid business with the bullet in my guts again. I was the only guy at the bar with a
3584 bullet in their guts. I kept putting my hand under my jacket, on my stomach and all, to
3585 keep the blood from dripping all over the place. I didn't want anybody to know I was
3586 even wounded. I was concealing the fact that I was a wounded sonuvabitch. Finally what
3587 I felt like, I felt like giving old Jane a buzz and see if she was home yet. So I paid my
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3588 check and all. Then I left the bar and went out where the telephones were. I kept keeping
3589 my hand under my jacket to keep the blood from dripping. Boy, was I drunk.
3590 But when I got inside this phone booth, I wasn't much in the mood any more to
3591 give old Jane a buzz. I was too drunk, I guess. So what I did, I gave old Sally Hayes a
3592 buzz.
3593 I had to dial about twenty numbers before I got the right one. Boy, was I blind.
3594 "Hello," I said when somebody answered the goddam phone. I sort of yelled it, I
3595 was so drunk.
3596 "Who is this?" this very cold lady's voice said.
3597 "This is me. Holden Caulfield. Lemme speaka Sally, please."
3598 "Sally's asleep. This is Sally's grandmother. Why are you calling at this hour,
3599 Holden? Do you know what time it is?"
3600 "Yeah. Wanna talka Sally. Very important. Put her on."
3601 "Sally's asleep, young man. Call her tomorrow. Good night."
3602 "Wake 'er up! Wake 'er up, hey. Attaboy."
3603 Then there was a different voice. "Holden, this is me." It was old Sally. "What's
3604 the big idea?"
3605 "Sally? That you?"
3606 "Yes--stop screaming. Are you drunk?"
3607 "Yeah. Listen. Listen, hey. I'll come over Christmas Eve. Okay? Trimma goddarn
3608 tree for ya. Okay? Okay, hey, Sally?"
3609 "Yes. You're drunk. Go to bed now. Where are you? Who's with you?"
3610 "Sally? I'll come over and trimma tree for ya, okay? Okay, hey?"
3611 "Yes. Go to bed now. Where are you? Who's with you?"
3612 "Nobody. Me, myself and I." Boy was I drunk! I was even still holding onto my
3613 guts. "They got me. Rocky's mob got me. You know that? Sally, you know that?"
3614 "I can't hear you. Go to bed now. I have to go. Call me tomorrow."
3615 "Hey, Sally! You want me trimma tree for ya? Ya want me to? Huh?"
3616 "Yes. Good night. Go home and go to bed."
3617 She hung up on me.
3618 "G'night. G'night, Sally baby. Sally sweetheart darling," I said. Can you imagine
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