I took a cab to Greenwich Village nightclub called Ernie’s, a spot i use to go to frequently with D. B. I tried to ask the cab driver about the ducks in the Central Park lagoon, Horwitz unexpectedly became angry. At Ernie’s, I listened to Ernie play the piano but I was unimpressed. He took a table, and ordered a drink of Scotch and soda, and listened to the conversations around me, which I found depressing and phoney. I encountered obnoxious girl named Lillian Simmons, who D. B. used to date, and I was forced to leave the nightclub to get away from her.