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As night falls, the scene shifts to local bars, dance halls, and city streets alive with music and fleeting romances. Characters engage in light-hearted banter about gambling, borrowing money, and chasing fleeting pleasures, revealing their struggles to make ends meet. Dan's friend Chuck laments payday being five days away, hinting at their financial instability, while Danny plots ways to get quick cash—calling in favors or borrowing from owed acquaintances like Buzz Larson. The underlying tone suggests a constant juggling act between survival and temptation, with money and desperation often hand-in-hand.