Chapter 8 Summary:

Holden got a late night train to New York. While he is on the train a older lady comes and sits by him. It turned out that it was Ernest Morrow's mother. He was a classmate of Holden's. He didn't like him at all, but he tells his mother that he is a great person. When she asks his name, he give the name of the janitor. She asks him why he is leaving early and he tells her that he had a brain tumor and is having an operation.