The Assistant Chapter 1, Section 5 Summary

  • Business picks up a little in the evening, and for a short while Morris feels more hopeful.
  • Julius Karp comes in to the grocery, asking about the refuge.
  • The prospective buyer hasn't come.
  • Karp is worried about a suspicious car across the street.
  • He tells Morris he'll yell out his back window to call the police if the car shows up again.
  • At about closing time, Karp yells for Morris to call the cops. He's about to do so when the robbers enter his grocery.
  • Morris realizes he's their intended victim.