He suffered from nightmares about their drowning horses, until he met and married Martha: "She gave me faith that there is good in this world...you watch out, little Alex, because next time it""s not going to be the Corrective School anymore.Next time, it""s going to be the barry place and all my work ruined.If you""ve no respect for your horrible self, you at least might have some for me who""s sweated over you.He scans his revolving card-index file for the phone number of Mr.Vanderhof (Willard Waterman) of Public Relations - positioned in another glass-enclosed cubicle on another floor - and phones him o cancel the booking, but is told: "Cancel? But it""s her birthday - I already ordered the cake.Bud reveals that he has had a strange interest in her for quite some time:Bud: I know when you were born - and where.