Batman decides to educate Robin about the nocturnal workers who keep Gotham City functioning through the night, but as they wander the city streets the notice a man breaking into a building and putting something into a safe. It emerges that Joe Jones was returning money that he had stolen five days ago because he met a girl, Ann Dayton, who promised to marry him if he reformed and returned the money. Batman is prepared to give Jones another chance, but Hush-Hush Bodin and his gang, of which Jones was a member, appear in order to reclaim the money. A fight breaks out and Jones gets shot, allowing the gang to escape. Jones asks Batman and Robin to deliver the money to Ann while he is recovering in hospital.