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Rabbit has quit his job for the MagiPeel company, and Eccles arranges for him to work as a gardener. Rabbit finds out that Ruth is pregnant, and Rabbit is the father of her child. Janice is angry at Rabbit for being irresponsible and dense. When Rabbit goes out with Ruth, they run into one of Ruth's former boyfriends, and Rabbit is filled with jealousy: he asks her to do everything for him, sexually, that she did for her other boyfriends, a demand she finds demeaning and humiliating.
That night, Eccles notifies Rabbit that Janice is in the hospital, giving birth to their baby....
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