No Sugar

Jimmy is still in jail as the rest of the family goes about their morning routine. Cissie begins to cough. She is in great pain and when they touch her skin, she is feverish. Milly decides that they will take her to the hospital. The discussion that follows is the clearest example yet of the family’s poverty: Sam’s thoughts immediately turn to how much extra work he will have to do in order to pay for medical care, as he hasn’t even been able to pay off the fine from his arrest yet. 

Jimmy is released from jail and waits at the Chief Protector Neville’s office. He asks Neville for a train voucher so he can travel home and is told that he will have to ask inside. When Jimmy complains, Neville tells him that it is easier to catch flies with sugar than with vinegar. He goes inside and leaves Jimmy without a way to go home. 

Inside the office, Neville and the constable read newspapers and magazines, discussing trivial matters while Jimmy waits outside in the cold. Jimmy comes in and tells Miss Dunn that he needs a voucher. She tells Neville this several times and Neville says Jimmy will just have to wait.