Chapter 6

Brett  misses her evening date with Jake. He has a few conciliatory drinks and then takes a cab through a part of Paris he despises. He wonders why he hates this particular section of the city so much, then wonders why Cohn seems to despise the whole city so much.

Jake heads to Café Select, where he encounters a very odd friend, Harvey Stone. Harvey, like everyone else, is a writer, and he wheedles some money out of Jake. The two men have a drink and chat about Mencken.

Cohn shows up. Harvey provokes him and then leaves. Cohn states his dislike for Harvey.
Cohn tells Jake he’s fighting to write.
Jake, attempting to reveal more of the true Robert Cohn , remarks that, before falling for Brett, Cohn had been a fairly charming  well trained by the women he’d been with. Before met Brett, he had a kind of simple, cheerful, nice mentality, and was kind of a jack-of-all-trades, master of none type. His passion for Brett, however, changes everything.

Frances shows up at the Café. She’s snotty to Cohn but pleasant to Jake. She asks to speak privately with Jake. She’s all worked up, thinking that Cohn’s going to leave her since he won’t agree to marry her. SO EMBARRASSING!

Frances repeatedly attacks Cohn. She suspects that he’s trying to dump her to enjoy his literary success alone or with a newer model. Jake doesn’t understand why everyone can be such a stupid to Cohn and why he doesn’t defend himself. Disgruntled, Jake heads back to his flat.