Part 3, Chapters 1, 2 and 3 Summary

The next year, in the spring of 1949, Sal returns to Denver where he works as a laborer and spends his nights walking the seedy streets. Sal's luck changes soon when he meets a wealthy woman who gives him a hundred dollars for a trip to San Francisco, because she knows that it what will make Sal truly happy.

Sal finds Camille's house in the early morning and Dean answers the door stark naked, which does not startle Sal in the least. Camille is pregnant with her second child and Sal's arrival signifies that Dean will become even less conscientious than before. Dean has injured his had in some work accidents and can no longer work properly, which means that Camille must work in a doctor's office and Dean stays home all day to watch their child and to keep...