" He requests that she remain a half hour longer at the Senate Office Building until Smith appears.Tired of Washington big-wig politics and ready to quit, she tells hard-drinking friend Diz:When Foley died, why didn""t I clear out? How many imes have you heard me say, ""I""m fed up with politics"" ? No, I let ""em talk me into staying.On the veranda of the club, four men are seated playing bridge.One of them [later identified as John Strangways (Tim Moxon)] rises and excuses himself o make a regularly-scheduled appointment, walking out onto the driveway of the club and passing the three blacks seen earlier.She objected to being kidnapped: "I""d like to get off the merry-go-round." The very pushy Kyle promised her that he was really a different person than his first impression: "Once we get up in the blue, I""m a different fella, a lot different from this character.Strange beings making contortions, moon inhabitants (Selenites - acrobats from the Folies Bergere), emerge from under the mushrooms.