We first hear about Lucky Strikes. He went out to get a pack of cigarettes, and he never came back. Things have no limits now. Money has no limits. I don't understand money anymore.
Money is undone.
We learn of Nick Shay and Klara's long ago affair, and that Klara attended the Black and White Ball. Brian Glassic reveals that Nick bought the baseball. Nick reveals the price. In the first Manx Martin section, Cotter Martin gets the ball home after the game, but once he goes to sleep, his father Manx takes the ball. This recalls a reminiscence of David Bell in Americana .