Hemingway becomes addicted to gambling on horse races, so he quits. He mentions he often goes alone nowadays, so it seems that he is trying to escape something or the gambling it is becoming a sort of love affair to him. Perhaps he is falling out of love with his wife or his writing is going terribly. He foreshadows that he will replace his addiction with horse racing with bicycle racing. Bike racing is not gambling, but it is still a form of escapism.
I still don't understand Mrs. Stein, but I think it is funny that they often disagree on things. She speaks weird. I don't understand what she is saying most of the time.
Hemingway is now going to write a novel. He is poor and is skipping meals. I don't understand this novel and I have no idea why he is writing everything he writes.
I'm still not understanding the purpose of this book. Is he simply recounting episodes of his life, or is he trying to inform me of something? I need to figure this out.
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