Dobisch (Ray Walston) - he is phoning from a bar on 61st Street with a blonde who "looks like Marilyn Monroe" [a not-so-subtle critique of Wilder""s difficult star performer inSome Like It Hot (1959)] with a late-night request to borrow the apartment for forty-five minutes - the bargain is sweetened up with another deal and hint of promotion: "Look Baxter, we""re making out the monthly efficiency rating, and I""m putting you in the top en.They quickly part when he leaves for his train.[The speck of dust is symbolic of the romance being planted in her heart.]That""s how it all began, just through me getting a little piece of grit in my eye.I completely forgot the whole incident.It didn""t mean anything to me at all.At least I didn""t hink it did.In their second chance meeting, they enjoy a brief, casual but pleasant conversation on the street during another of her weekly trips - trips where she appears to be searching for something hat her dull husband and routinized life cannot offer:The next Thursday, I went into Milford again as usual.On the upper bunk, Elliott hasn""t even gone to sleep.With Harvey, he returns to the backyard with his flashlight.In the adjoining cornfield next to the house, Elliott sees the strange tracks again and moves some stalks aside.In the haberdasher store, Willie tries on one hat after another (a total of thirteen different hats in all), mostly filmed from the perspective of a mirror - a checkered taxi-cab style hat, a white fedora, the checkered hat (a second time), a black fedora, the checkered hat (a third time), a wide-brimmed straw hat, a dark felt hat, another light straw hat, a dark western hat, another straw hat, a roundish hat, a high-crowned straw hat, a pork pie (Keaton""s trademark hat), and an oversized felt hat." She was planning on setting up a series of large reflective ancient mirrors along a crevice, explaining to Rick: "It""s an ancient Egyptian trick.