Chapters 23-24 Summary

In Chapter 23, Dangerfield dreams of buying millions of socks, which have to be hauled away by a trash truck. Then he wakes up next to Lilly. She doesn't want him to touch or kiss her. She's worried about the other people in the town knowing what she's done. Dangerfield goes to brush his teeth. He considers stealing Lilly's watch to hock but decides it wouldn't be "playing the game." He tells her that he's going to cook sausages and make tea. She is angry that she has to stay in Ireland and face the suspicions and rumors. He begins making breakfast not knowing what to tell her.

Dangerfield offers to take Lilly to London with him. She gets dressed and eats the breakfast he's made. Dangerfield tells her that he's broke; all his possessions are gone, and bill collectors are after...