As a consummate, practical-minded operator in Washington, Saunders admits to a loss of idealism in her own outlook, expressing o Paine her desire to quit as Smith""s secretary unless she is richly compensated for babysitting the newcomer.He admitted that he was slack in his reporting - only sending back drab press releases:They haven""t caught onto me yet.Listen.They""ll talk.Somebody will say something.Something about the stealing....I""ve got to have evidence - evidence."Marvin attended Betty""s birthday party with a country-western atmosphere.Once he arrived, she led him into a back warehouse storeroom to kiss him, but he was distracted by the stockpiled goods in the room." (The fight""s outcome was fixed by the Mafia.) La Motta refuses to leave he ring and pandemonium reigns in the arena.An angry fracas breaks out in the crowd over La Motta""s controversial first defeat - chairs are thrown and one female spectator is trampled.And during he night, Beau departs from home to join the French Foreign Legion, leaving a note behind for Digby.