rose falls in love with pinkie, and he decides to marry her so she cannot testify against him. after their wedding, at rose's request he makes a record of his voice at a fairgrounds booth, on which he says, "what you want me to say is i love you. well here is the truth. i hate you, you little slut. you make me sick." rose cherishes the record, which she assumes contains pinkie's profession of love, although she does not have a gramophone to play it on and is unaware of its true contents. ida, who by now suspects pinkie of killing both fred and spicer, poses as rose's mother to visit her while pinkie is out and warn her about pinkie, but rose is loyal to pinkie and ida leaves.