After Brett stands him up, Jake takes a taxi to a café on the Left Bank, where he has a drink with a writer named Harvey Stone. Apparently, Stone is on a drinking binge; Jake gives him money for food. They’re joined by Robert Cohn. Stone leaves to buy dinner, and Cohn’s lover, Frances, arrives. She asks to speak with Jake privately, then tells him that she believes Cohn is maneuvering to break up with her, despite the fact that they are engaged to be married. When Jake and Frances return to the table where Cohn has been sitting, Frances berates him harshly, and Jake slips away.
