Chapters 3-4 Summary

As Chapter 3 begins, Dangerfield is expecting Marion back the next day and dreading the return of his nagging wife and troublesome baby. As Dangerfield walks O'Keefe to the bus, O'Keefe ogles the local women. Dangerfield asks to borrow money, but O'Keefe won't even part with a shilling. Finally, as the bus approaches, O'Keefe agrees to give Dangerfield three pence, on the promise that it will be paid back the next day when the G.I. Bill checks come in.

On the way back to the house, Dangerfield stops in a shop for cigarettes. A woman on the street asks him for a light, and Dangerfield talks to her. Her name is Alma, and her friend is Thelma. They work in a biscuit factory. Dangerfield gets the two girls to walk with him, as he shows them around the area. He holds...