Part 3, Chapter 2 Summary

Persse awakens hung-over in the YMCA, wondering what to do next about Angelica. The Guardian announces "London Literati Adrift," and the Times Literary Supplement headlines "Rudyard Parkinson on the English School of Criticism." Club Erotic has already changed hands and name, and it is undergoing remodeling. Persse asks around, learns Lily works for Girls Unlimited in Soho and heads there. Mrs. Gasgoine will say only that Lily is a versatile employee and has been suddenly transferred elsewhere. She declines to help him get in contact, as her girls are often avoiding detection. Persse books a flight to Amsterdam to look for Angelica's adoptive father.

In Amsterdam, Persse runs into Zapp, who is surprised to see him at the VIIth International Conference of Literary Semioticians. Persse says he is on a holiday and asks whether Angelica is attending. Zapp cannot say for...