at the train station, she runs into brooke and his fiancée's brother, tom brand (alan curtis). she and tom become acquainted on the train. he likes her very much, even after she tells him all about her blackmail attempt. in new york city, he takes her to nightclub after nightclub. at one, she encounters tom's mother caroline, out with her boyfriend paul kingston. at another, she spots sylvia brand (joan perry), brooke's fiancée, dancing with medical student dennis jeffers, whom sylvia has known since childhood. jenny eavesdrops and learns that sylvia is in love with dennis, but fears being disinherited by her very wealthy grandfather olaf if they married (dennis is the son of the family butler). she also discovers that tom owes $5000 in gambling debts to mr. schultz.