- Augie mopes around Acatla for a while, hanging a little with a Russian he meets, but when he knows for sure that Thea won't forgive him, he sells what little he has and goes to Mexico City.
- He gets in touch with Sylvester and some cash.
- Frazer hooks him up with a contact named Paslavitch, who covers Mexico for the Yugoslav press.
- Frazer enlists Augie to pose as the nephew of Trosky, but the plan falls through.
- Paslavitch lends Augie money so he can return to Chicago.