Chapter Three Summary

Sharon and John are at the office on a dreary Saturday morning. John is dictating letters to Sharon for their newest project together and John thinks of both Sharon and how well his new stock with American Motors is doing. John stops Sharon to ask her if she wants to go to the Gulf Coast with him. She claims to have work, but he convinces her to go with him. He drives her to her house, telling her to put her bathing suit on under her clothes. However, Sharon is quick to establish that he is her boss and she is an employee down for a trip to go swimming in the Gulf Coast and nothing more.

John is worried that malaise will overtake them both. Fortunately, he is driving an MG, which he has seen dispel malaise quite well in...