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talk about it. He escapes from the conversation when a group of his friends--Cohn and Frances among
them--hails him from a nearby table. They invite him and Georgette to go dancing.
The club is hot and crowded. Lady Brett Ashley arrives with a crowd of callow young men wearing jerseys.
Jake reacts with hostility to Brett's male friends. Brett states that she can "safely" get drunk around these
friends. Jake states that one of these men dances "big-hippily." He says that he knows he should be
"tolerant" but that he cannot help being "disgusted"--the implication is that these men are homosexuals.
Cohn asks Jake to go for a drink, and Brett joins them. Cohn immediately becomes infatuated with her, and
he tries unsuccessfully to persuade her to dance with him. Jake and Brett leave the club together. Before he
goes, Jake leaves fifty francs with the club patronne, or owner, telling him to give it to Georgette if she asks
for him
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