When Two Feathers Fell From the Sky

On Monday, Clive and Helen attend the first day of the appeal of the Scopes trial. Both are pleased to have seats in the crowded courtroom to witness the prosecution’s fiery closing arguments. Afterward, they have tea in Nashville’s fashionable Hermitage Hotel, hoping to spot the defense lawyer, Clarence Darrow. Helen feels filled with joy when she returns to the dormitory and describes every detail to Two, who privately thinks that it’s ridiculous for a court to question whether humans and animals are related.

Desperate to determine which room Two has been moved into, Jack pays a young boy one dollar to release a lemur named Mickey into her dormitory. The boy hesitates but agrees when Jack describes it as a prank on a girl that he is courting. The boy successfully releases Mickey but gets caught by Two who trips him with her crutches. Under questioning, the boy describes Jack in such detail that the park’s security and Two immediately recognize him. Two denies dating Jack, and the park security promises to remove him from the park.

Jack leaves Glendale, furious about being fired. He enters the nearby Oriental Golf Club claiming to be waiting for the Glendale groundskeeper, one of the club’s members, and buys more cigarettes.