[Note: The mother in Lagana""s portrait is portrayed by the uncredited Celia Lovsky.]:My mother - a great old lady.They broke the mold when they made her.She died last May.She lived here with me.Had her own suite of rooms - her own bath - everything.Never got over being surprised about my success.Rather than coming on a fund-raising errand (for a benefit dance or pension-fund drive), Bannion demands answers about he murder of Lucy Chapman (the bar-girl that Lagana ordered killed the previous night or morning); Bannion describes it as an "old-fashioned," prohibition-style murder including torture and strangulation.She is engaged in a meaningless, whimsical, child""s rope trick, and eventually succeeds in jerking and shaking it into a knot with one hand.Suddenly, Kincaid""s dog Jason lept through the furnace opening and grabbed Kristen""s arm - and then all three individuals woke up in their respective bedrooms.The teacher""s work documents are stamped by a satisfied German clerk, placing him in the category ofBlauschein- an ""essential"" worker with a "blue stamp" in a war-protected industry.