Jurgis hits on what he thinks could finally be a stroke of luck in this chapter. He meets a drunk young man who befriends him and bids him to come to his home for dinner. The man is so drunk that he is barely coherent, and after he and Jurgis get to the house, which is in fact a lavish mansion, he drunkenly tells Jurgis that the house is owned by a Mr. Jones. Jurgis worked for Mr. Jones in the stockyards.
A few times during their lavish meal at the mansion, Jurgis thinks about stealing something, or maybe robbing his new benefactor. He decides not too, however, and when he is eventually thrown out by the butler, he screams back in indignation because he had not taken a cent.
However, the drunken young man.....
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