Chapter 7 Summary

First Lieutenant Geoffrey Craig is being out-processed from duty in Vietnam and is claiming his belongings in Okinawa. He didn't see any point in buying a uniform commiserate with his rank when he planned to resign from the Army as soon as he is back in the United States. He doctored his old uniform, thinking he could get away with it but found he couldn't. He purchased the new uniform and left for San Francisco the next day for his parents' Park Avenue apartment in New York City.

His mother and the butler greet him. He learns that his wife, Ursula, has an apartment in Greenwich Village in a building belonging to his cousin Craig. His mother gives him the key and he goes there. Ursula isn't home but he finds hard liquor, melted ice cubes and cigars. He finds her working at...