The month""s rent has been paid - by his wife from money given her by an old man! An overjoyed Gerry tells him that the rent and household bills are paid and she was able to afford a dress, a visit to the beauty salon, and new shoes and stockings - and with the leftover $14 cash, she""ll ake him out to dinner and the theater! He is naturally suspicious and jealous - Tom sarcastically objects to the attention she has received and is appalled by her shameless behavior, suspecting the worst.In particular, Rink deteriorated from a sullen young man to a mumbling outcast and dissolutenouveau richeoil tycoon and drunkard (known as "Mr.But Rocky was taking a terrible beating, "twice as bad" as 10 months previously.By the 13th round, both battered and bruised fighters were struggling to stay on their feet.And then just before the 15th and final round, Apollo""s trainer emphasized that he could easily retain the title on points by having Creed just stay away from Rocky: "You""ve got him beat on points, you understand?." When she returned, she overheard him confiding to his mother Lara that Lois was his perfect mate and lover: "She""s all I want in life.The serious young millionaire is lured to her twice when the wily con artist masquerades as a shipboard cardsharp (and is discovered as an worldly adventuress when they reach New York) and then in another identity as an aristocratic, English noble lady - excusing herself as the identical twin of her black-sheep, discredited half-sister.