Summary

The Girlfriend indicates she believes a good deal of what we learn about other people comes through our observation of their behavior. She describes watching Jake eat his breakfast in the morning and worries that she could not stand to live with him and his habits the rest of their lives. In the next section, the Girlfriend tries to persuade herself just to enjoy the trip.

In the next section, the dialogue about the apparent suicide continues. One of the speakers mentions that rooms were vandalized, a selfish, childish way to make a point. The speaker also said that he had been writing graffiti on the walls and the washing it off for months. The speaker indicated that he had denied he was the one writing the graffiti even though others saw him doing it. The words he wrote were “There’s only...