Chapter 2 Summary

After the procedure, Max feels ill, but when he sees his reflection, he is overjoyed at being white. As he walks down the hallway toward the sanitarium's front door, he sees many people whom he knows waiting in line for the procedure and is amazed that they do not recognize him. Guards escort Max through the crowd outside, and he is immediately mobbed by reporters. A taxi pulls up, and Max jumps in to escape the press. He realizes, as the cab drives off, that a pretty young woman is already in the cab. Her name is Sybil Smith, and she is a reporter from The Scimitar. She promises to pay Max one thousand dollars for his story. He asks her to dinner, and she agrees. At the newspaper's office, Max tells the story of his transformation and receives his money.

Max and...