Chapters 4-5 Summary

Mallory is annoyed that she slept through her alarm clock. However, she could still beat Gaynor to the campus if she takes the subway. Mallory is so immersed in the sights and sounds of Manhattan that she does not even notice a man urinating on a wall. Mallory also passes a man from the New York School of Begging. The man looks at Mallory's eyes and changes direction knowing that she will not give any money to the cause. Mallory checks the pocket watch that belonged to Markowitz and notices that she has ten minutes before Gaynor arrives at work. Although the timing is off, Mallory catches up to Gaynor and loses herself in the back of the lecture hall. Mallory thinks about what she should do with the house in Brooklyn.

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