 Joan and Martha, another Black Straw Hat, wait outside of the Livestock Exchange as Cridle, Graham, Lenox and Mauler discuss the market and Lennox's sad fate.Cridle insists that Mauler lower the asking price for his shares of the stockyard, arguing that the state of the market lessens their worth.Joan asks Mauler why he sold the slaughterhouses and he admits that he does not want to be involved with such a bloody business.