- Helen walks along the Coney Island boardwalk with Louis Karp.
- He's putting the moves on her.
- She allows him a kiss, but nothing more. She's lonely but wants something more out of life than Louis. Her deep thoughts don't interest him, but he asks her to marry him anyway.
- She declines, unsure of what she's saving herself for.
- Louis rudely leaves her before her family's store.