" After more laughs from he girls in the parlor, she ponders: "Is there anything strange in that request?" Mrs.Ash entered and tossed Annie against a wall, rendering her unconscious.After being reminded of Linda by Annie""s necklace ripped from her neck, he reverted to his normal self." [Sidney stands before a bulletin board plastered with past clippings from Hunsecker""s column.]Snapping back, Robard tells the deceitful Falco that he has failed as both apersonaland professional liar:Oh, it""s a publicity man""s nature to be a liar.He ended the interview with the ominous quote: "Freaks will always find their way home." Drinking beer which she called her new "best friend" in her bedroom, Laurie had an intense argument with Annie.