Part 3, Chapters 1 and 2 Summary

In Chapter One, Ida Arnold wakes up in Brighton with a horrid hangover. She recalls very little of her night at Sherry's, except some advances from his pal Phil Corkery, whom she is meeting for lunch at Snow's. She knows a waitress at Snow's found the Kibber card. On her way to the restaurant she runs into the bookie Tate and places a bet on Black Boy. Tate mentions the name Colleoni to her in passing; she has never heard it before. He also mentions the kid who carved up Brewer last night.

Arriving at Snow's, Ida manages to get Rose as a waitress. Phil has not yet arrived, so Ida grills the young waitress regarding the Kibber card. Rose nearly lets slip that the man who left the card did not look like Hale's picture in the paper...