Three Thousand Dollars Chapters 5–8

In which a keen-eyed stranger visits the Stoughton offices with curious intent, fixating particularly on a singing young woman whose presence provokes whispered intrigues and cautious manoeuvres among those who observe her. And later, beneath the moonlit quietude of Central Park, a young couple confides in hopes and hardships, while secret plans and shadowy figures lurk just out of sight, weaving a darker design amid the tender declarations.