Cannery Row Chapter 24 Summary

Here we take another little break from the plot:
Mary Talbot loves to give parties, but she and her husband Tom are pretty short in the dough department.
So Mary gives parties on the cheap, sometimes just for the stray cats that live in the yard.
One day Tom is feeling pretty down: he's a writer, but he can't sell any of his work.
Mary goes out to have a tea party with the stray cats and finds one of them doing something really gross with a mouse.
Mary gets super upset and Tom comforts her. Comforting her makes Tom feel better, and soon Mrs. Tom is throwing a pregnancy party.