" [Note: There was a brief view of Mrs.Miller glimpsed through a doorway, mildly eavesdropping.] He was offered three of the prostitutes at $80 apiece.McCabe bartered for the trio at $200 dollars, and then lectured the cheap-minded brothel owner:All you gotta do is tell me how many spare chippies you got in there, you goddamned butternut muff diver, and I'll ell ya how many I need!McCabe undoubtedly worked out a deal but may have been out-bargained.She slapped him in the face.He explained how her viral disease would spread and then make him a lot of money, when the demand for the cure during a pandemic would accelerate: "In just a few hours time, you can be assured of going down in history as the Typhoid Mary of Oz.Electro vowed his next step to Harry: "Let's go catch a spider."As Peter existed the subway tunnel, he received a voice-mail message from an excited Gwen about her acceptance into he Oxford program.In du Maurier's story, the birds were attacking in the English countryside, rather than in a small town north of San Francisco.He pockets the wallet and graciously re-seats her at the table.Her theft of his wallet initiates their affair together.Their polite and quick-witted, but seductive game/duel of dinner-table pickpocketing and mutual theft stretches on further, as they declare their love for each other while returning precious purloined objects.