 Before Mary's birthday party, Alice asks Harbour buy some whipped cream at the supermarket, where he has a fit.He wakes up at the hospital, where Dr Horst, a psychologist he has met often through Wilbur, tries to convince him to get treatment for pancreatic cancer.The two men share a bottle of whisky, Dr Horst believing that such is the condition of Harbour's liver that a little alcohol will be insignificant.