Summary

When Moses first moved to London, he lived in a hostel with other immigrants. At the boarding house, he met the Captain, Cap, whose “father send him to London to study law but […] went stupid when he arrive in the big city” (30). Cap spent his money on women and cigarettes but rarely kept a job to support his frivolity. Instead of looking for employment, he used his “soft tone and […] hardluck story” to persuade landladies and newcomers to give him boarding and pay for his meals (31). When he started to date an Austrian woman, Cap pretended to get a job at the factory with Moses. Every night he would board the train as if he was on his way to a shift but head to a night club to hit on women instead. He pawned her belongs to bankroll his late nights...