along the way, ace and ricki manage to get off the train in new orleans to enjoy mardi gras together. when they do, ace leaves the book at a costume shop, confident no one will notice it until he returns for it. during a romantic moment around midnight, ace reveals to ricki where he's hidden the bonds. fly makes his move, but simms is able to beat him to the draw. ace fears that con artist ricki has taken it on the lam with his dough, but she turns up, ready to wait for ace till he's out of sing sing.