Chapter 6 Summary

Billy sends the money to Eva and then requests her shoe size so he can send her and her sisters some shoes. Eva responds immediately with tracings of their feet. The same day Billy picks out the shoes for Eva and her sisters, a young woman comes in with her drunken father to buy him some shoes. She comes back a few times that summer, once again with her father and once with a girlfriend. Billy is charming to them, but really does not notice either.

The same day Billy goes to Long Island with Dennis and learns that Eva died, the young woman comes to the store again, alone this time. It is clear to Smitty, Holtzman's assistant, that she has a crush on Billy, but Billy probably is not be ready to notice it for quite some time. Smitty feels sorry...