The answer to this question can be found in Chapter Twenty
Five of this excellent coming-of-age novel. Having left Phoebe a note telling her that
he is going to head out and to meet him at the museum so that he can return the
Christmas money that he took from her, Holden then waits for her. However, Phoebe
arrives late, and it is clear from her description when she arrives why she arrived late
and what precisely caused the delay:
The thing I couldn't understand, she had this big
suitcase with her. She was just coming across Fifth Avenue, and she was dragging this
goddam big suitcase with her. She could hardly drag
it.
Thus we can see that
Phoebe is late because she was busy packing this suitcase and then she was delayed in
meeting her brother at the museum because of the weight of the suitcase and the way that
it impeded her progress. Of course, as we read the rest of the chapter we realise that
Phoebe packed the suitcase because she wants to leave with Holden as
well.
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