Holden heads out to the train station on foot and gets on a train. On the train he meets a Ernest Morrow's mother, a classmate of his at Pencey. They hit up a conversation and Holden seems attracted to her. Holden hates Ernest, but to make his mother feel great about her son, he tells a whole bunch of lies about how great he is, how popular he is, etc. She feels good and then asks him about himself, and Holden tells her his name is Rudolph Schmidt, the Pencey's janitor's name. She is curious as to why he is leaving school early and he makes up this story about how he has a brain tumor. They chatted a little bit more and then the chapter ends.
Response- Ahaha! Holden has the hots for a mother?! He's right, he is a pretty good liar.
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