In Hemingway's personal memoir, "A Moveable Feast", he recounts the various remarkable people that he encounters. In this week's reading, Hemingway tells of his first meeting with Scott Fitzgerald. Hemingway states that "a very strange thing happened" while at the Dingo Bar.

Fitzgerald begins a "speech" praising and complimenting Hemingway's work. However, this flooding wave of approval discomforts Hemingway so he tries to only focus on the appearance of his new acquaintance. Hemingway describes Fitzgerald as a man who looked like a boy, and a mouth that "on a girl, would have been the mouth of a beauty".

After his speech, Fitzgerald's consumption of alcohol begins to take the better of him. He soon badgers Hemingway with extremely personal questions, like his sex life, and then that is when the strange thing happened. Fitzgerald's face began to draw, and his skin became tight. Hemingway had never seen a drink take a man this way and was very frightened by it. However, he gets Scott home and a few days later they meet up again, with Scott having no recollection of the latter incident.

After becoming better acquainted, the pair decides to go on a trip together to the Lyon. On the morning of the trip, Scott did not show up, as promised, so Hemingway, filled with anger, took the train without him. The next day Scott shows up at the hotel, explaining that there was a mix-up. After a day exploring the city, the two got into a heated argument about the newest raging disease, pneumonia. Later on that night F. Scott Fitzgerald insisted that Ernest Hemingway take his temperature. Hemingway assured him that his temperature was fine to the touch.

When they finally returned to Paris, Fitzgerald gave Hemingway the manuscript of his new book, "The Great Gatsby", which Hemingway loved. Hemingway knew that no matter how badly Scott behaved, although his actions were that of a crazy person, that he must always try and be a good friend.