three weeks later, bud and john are doing their job riveting, 28 stories up. during a break, they argue about shirley. bud berates john for being taken in by a liar: "she told you that her parents were living on a farm in i-dee-ho, and all the time they're living in a booze joint on tenth avenue". john admits that shirley has had much of his money for clothes "which she needed". bud: "where do you think she goes in the daytime?". john: "she goes to the movies!". bud: "what about all the money she gets? there aint enough dimes in the day, even if she were on a merry-go-round!". john: "don't talk that way about my wife!". john angrily lunges at bud with a spanner and bud falls to his death, shown spinning, screaming as john allen flat on his stomach looks over, watching him fall, yelling "bud! bud!".