Chapter 15 Summary

A woman he is obviously avoiding confronts Jimmie. Hattie approaches him as he exits a bar. To escape from her pleading, he enters another bar and exits via the convenient side door unnoticed by Hattie. When he returns home, he finds his mother in an uproar because Maggie has returned home, trembling from the wrath her mother is inflicting upon her. Mary's shouting draws the attention of the tenement building's occupants, and they all open their doors once they find out Maggie has returned. In front of all of them, Mary announces to all to have a look at her daughter. Maggie reaches for Jimmie and pleads with him. He rebukes her and reacts as if her touch has ruined him, also. As she turns away from all of them, she runs into the old gnarled neighbor woman who graciously offers her a...