 Over a month passes , and preparations for the summer clambake are under way ( " June Is Bustin ' Out All Over " ) . Julie and Billy , now married , live at Julie 's cousin Nettie 's spa . Julie confides in Carrie that Billy , frustrated over being unemployed , hit her . Carrie has happier news — she is engaged to Enoch , who enters as she discusses him ( " ( When I Marry ) Mister Snow ( reprise ) ) " . Billy arrives with his ne 'er @-@ do @-@ well whaler friend , Jigger . The former barker is openly rude to Enoch and Julie , then leaves with Jigger , followed by a distraught Julie . Enoch tells Carrie that he expects to become rich selling herring and to have a large family , larger perhaps than Carrie is comfortable having ( " When the Children Are Asleep " ) . 
