It is four million years later - in the year 2001 [possibly in homage to Fritz Lang""s German filmMetropolis (1927)that was set in the futuristic year of 2000].Outside, he rejected, drunken mistress tells him: "What a fool I was o fall for a man like you." After putting her in the cab with Sascha, he turns and sees Renault relaxing on the front patio terrace at one of the outdoor tables.He remembered a year earlier, when they had again almost considered elling Tony: "I wish it was a year ago, when you came to say goodbye.The story is set in early December 1941 in a city (and cafe), in a dangerous, far-off locale that is a microcosm of the wartime world.You want me to cut it off?...Don""t cry at me, you little faggot!"), in order to enrage Dolarhyde and have him release his son.Dolarhyde slashed at Graham with the knife as Josh escaped and ran off.At close-range, Graham and Dolarhyde shot at each other through a bedroom door, and both received severe wounds.