I went into Ackley’s room to see what he was up to and all. He wasn't awake, so I woke him up. It was dark so he sat up and switched the light on. "What the hell happened to you?!"
"Nothing, I just got into a bit of a fight with Stradlater." He started to get excited then asking why and how. So, I started shooting the bull! I told him that it was because of himself and I was defending his goddamn honour and all. That really got him going. In end I asked if I could stay in his room while his roommate was away for the weekend. He said it wasn't up to him and that he couldn't just let anybody stay in his bed. So, I just made him feel guilty and all by saying how I stuck up for him. So, I got into bed and just as I was about to fall asleep he started snoring like hell. I decided to get up and started walking down the stairs. I was going to go pay Mal Brossard a visit but then I changed my mind. I knew exactly what I was going to do, I was going to get the hell out of here.
Leave Pencey a few days early. I was going to go for a short vacation in New York and get a room in a really inexpensive hotel. I went back to the room to pack a few things and all. Old Stradlater didn't even wake when I went back in. It made me kinda sad packing because I had to pack the ice skates my mother had given me. They were the wrong kind of skates I wanted anyway, but it made me sad anyway. It always does when someone gives me presents. Before I was ready to leave I counted my dough, I was pretty loaded because my grandmother had just sent me a load of wad. She's lost her marbles so she just sends me birthday money about four times a year.
I put on my red hunting hat and turned the peak to the back, just the way I liked it, then I shouted at the top of my goddamn voice “Sleep tight, you morons!” I bet I woke up every phoney on the floor!
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