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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. Once she and Jake get into a taxi, Brett declares that she is miserable.
Summary: Chapter IV
As they ride through the streets of Paris in the taxi, Jake kisses Brett, but she tells him to stop. They love
one another, but Brett refuses to have a romantic relationship because Jake cannot have sex. Brett laments
their fate, saying that she is now paying for all the "hell" she has made men endure. Jake disingenuously