![]() He says that she has two of the "best men" in her department, both of whom are poets. She feels that everyone in it destroys literature rather than creating it. She tells Lane that she wishes she had not gone back to school that year, or at least that she had given up the English department. Franny then apologizes for her rant and says that she has been feeling strange. They over-intellectualize literature and ruin it. She tells Lane that he is talking like a "section man." These men, she explains, are the graduate students that help teach her classes. He got an "A" on the paper and wants Franny to read it. ![]() Lane is talking about a paper he has written about the French author Gustave Flaubert. ![]() ![]() Lane and Franny go for lunch at Sickler's, a restaurant where students on the "intellectual fringe" dine. Franny tells Lane that she has missed him and realizes that she is lying. She tells him about the girls that she rode in with who fit the stereotypes of different colleges. Lane asks about a book that Franny is holding, but she brushes off his question. Franny and Lane have a somewhat awkward reunion. In the letter, she discusses her dislike for most poets and keeps telling Lane that she loves him. As he stands there, he reads a letter from Franny. He is waiting for Franny Glass, who is coming in with other college women, for a football weekend at Lane's college. Lane Coutell is waiting on the platform at a train station. ![]()
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