Chapters 4-6 Summary

Three days later, Hart Kennedy, his friend Ed Schindel, Pasternak, and Stofsky arrive at Paul and Kathryn's place. Hart has just come from the West Coast with Schindel and Hart's former wife, Dinah, whom they had picked up in Denver on the way to New York. At the moment, Dinah is at Pasternak's mother's house on Long Island. At first, everyone is a little nervous, except Hart, who immediately gets interested in the jazz playing on the phonograph. Pasternak and Stofsky are clearly delighted by Hart, who brims with nervous energy. Hart asks Paul if he can borrow ten dollars for a few days, and Kathryn says she has the money, which delights Paul. Hart immediately wants to buy marijuana, and the men all set off together to find Albert Ancke, who apparently has just gotten out of jail. Stofsky says...