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The Quiet American Part 4, Chapter 2: Section 3

By Graham Greene

Part 4, Chapter 2: Section 3

Figuring he ought to keep to the plan he told Pyle, Fowler goes to the cinema.
On the way out, he runs into Wilkins and tells him that he'll be dining at the Vieux Moulin that evening.
Wilkins says that Granger will be there.
Fowler watches Robin Hood in the theater.
When he gets to the restaurant, he asks for a table of one.
After sitting for twenty minutes, he orders dinner.
He listens for some sound outside, but Granger's table is too raucous.
Granger comes over to his table, drunk and hardly able to talk.
He's upset because he's learned his son back in the States has polio and work prevents him from going back home. His partner, Connolly, is sick, and can't cover for him.
Granger says he praying that his son doesn't die. He'd prefer God take his life instead.
He then confesses that Connolly is not really sick but away for pleasure. Granger doesn't want to get his partner fired.
Granger returns to his table and Fowler to his apartment.