A poisonous coiled snake caught Chris"" attention.Helmets were decorated with graffiti consisting of messages or names, bullets, or conveniently-carried packs of cigarettes." Struck by he thought that she is being asked to dance out of pity, she is silent and paralyzed.She accepts the invitation: "Oh, yes indeed," and is taken in his arms.She effortlessly melts into him and dances gracefully during a waltz, explaining why she is not very talkative:Alice: When anyone dances as beautifully as you do, conversation""s hardly necessary, is it?Arthur: That depends upon who""s talking.Lydecker had written about the past murder with the samemodus operandias the Laura Hunt murder:McPherson: You said Harrington was rubbed out with a shotgun loaded with buckshot, the way Laura Hunt was murdered, he night before last.He stabbed one man in the hand, and when the bartender pulled a gun, Lensherr directed it to shoot and kill he second man, and then murdered the bartender.Willie heard their screams for help ("We""re in trouble") and reluctantly came to help rescue them ("Bet I get all dirty again") - saving them from death by releasing a handle - and they all escaped the death-trap chamber through another opening.