Summary

Although, it has been mentioned before, chapter three begins with the full account from Miss Gleason about how Mrs. J met Pauline. Mrs. J gave Pauline her business card and Maggie speculated what might have been going on in each of their minds at that moment. After the scene with the cops were over, Pauline left the scene and headed down the streets and crouched in an alley while covering her knees. Here, she contemplated killing herself by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge, but the thought of her daughter kept her from following through. Mrs. J found her and gave Pauline her business card inviting her to start working at the P.A.

Mrs. J carried two types of my business cards. One with the phone number of the office at the P.A., and the other with Mrs. J’s direct line. She...