He continued watching as a whorehouse waitress entered the room with vodka shotglasses, and Kasimov was poisoned and passed out." Ash still was determined to quest for the book, to return home.He constructed a mechanical, armored-metal gloved hand (to take the place of his lopped-off right hand), proclaimed it "Groovy!" and then prepared for the retrieval of the book.Now he fact that she carried it out indicates psychopathic obsessive behavior in terms not only of the killing itself but also in terms of applied advance defense mechanism.Tomorrow is the sixth day of November, and the day after that is November seventh.And you know what day that is, don""t you? November seventh is your 20th birthday.Baby Doll: Ain""t that sweet of you to remember.Where""s my birthday present?Archie (leeringly): Oh, you""ll get your birthday present, providin"" you haven""t forgotten the agreement between us, which comes due on that day.The gambler had since disappeared and Floyd knew about he disappearance." She had hired the treacherous man to protect her ("only that sort could have helped me"), but he presumably betrayed her.