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After that day, Holly seems to hibernate. She ceases to talk about her brother (a once common occurrence). She also stops calling the narrator Fred. She now re-dubs him "Buster." He observes that Holly's hair gets darker and she puts on a lot of weight. On a positive note, Holly becomes quite a home maker. She purchases many classy items to decorate her apartment such as: tapestries, Gothic arm chairs, and several other ambiance producing items. Furthermore, the purchase of cookbooks leads to Holly's becoming a very good cook. Oddly enough though, she could only cook delicacies. When she tries to scramble eggs, she simply burns them. | After that day, Holly seems to hibernate. She ceases to talk about her brother (a once common occurrence). She also stops calling the narrator Fred. She now re-dubs him "Buster." He observes that Holly's hair gets darker and she puts on a lot of weight. On a positive note, Holly becomes quite a home maker. She purchases many classy items to decorate her apartment such as: tapestries, Gothic arm chairs, and several other ambiance producing items. Furthermore, the purchase of cookbooks leads to Holly's becoming a very good cook. Oddly enough though, she could only cook delicacies. When she tries to scramble eggs, she simply burns them. | ||
Jose, being a diplomat, works in Washington D.C. three days out of the week. While he is gone, the narrator and Holly meet to go on walks or to go out to dinner. During a conversation, the narrator learns that Holly is six weeks pregnant. She then rambles on about how she wants to have nine children with Jose, and | Jose, being a diplomat, works in Washington D.C. three days out of the week. While he is gone, the narrator and Holly meet to go on walks or to go out to dinner. During a conversation, the narrator learns that Holly is six weeks pregnant. She then rambles on about how she wants to have nine children with Jose, and ceaselessly talks about how much she looks forward to moving with Jose to Rio. In fact the only regret that Holly mentions is that she wishes that she could have been a virgin for Jose. She insists that she is in love with Jose, but she seems to find a fault in every habit that Jose has. She even says that Jose is not her idea of a perfect man. "If I were free to,..." Holly continues, " I would not pick Jose" (82). The narrator, after hearing so much about Jose (more than he would like), begins to dislike Jose very much. He even stops saying Jose's name while he is speaking to Holly and simply refers to Jose as "Him." Holly moves to a different subject and talks about giving up her horoscopes. She believes that this is an example of a good deed. She thinks that " good things happen to those that are good" (83). Later, on an outing, Holly observes ships sailing by and exclaims," one day, one of those ships would bring me back, me and my nine Brazillion brats"(84). The narrator, tired of hearing about her "brats" and Jose, says "Do shut up"(85). He clearly felt left out, "like a tug boat in drydock while she, glittery voyager of secure destination, steamed down the harbor with whistles whistling and confetti in the air" (85). | ||