Catcher in the Rye Chapter 8

Holden takes a train to New York. A women comes and sits with him, who happens to be Ernest Morrow's mother. He doesn't like Ernest much but he is telling his mom that he is a good person but very shy and modest. When she asks Holden for his name he gives her the name of the school janitor. He then lies about that he has a tumor and is going to have an operation.