..the chance came at last to Mother McTeague." By nightfall, a crowd has gathered in front of the saloon, where the dentist exhibits his art to an audience." But Margo doesn""t think much of her fans and audience:Autograph fiends, they""re not people.Those are little beasts that run around in packs like coyotes...They""re nobody""s fans.They""re juvenile delinquent, they""re mental defective, and nobody""s audience.They never see a play or a movie even.They""re never indoors long enough.Karen begs Margo to see one of her adoring "indoors" fans: "Oh, but you can""t put her out.I promised.Margo, you""ve got to see her.She worships you.It""s like something out of a book...You""re her whole life." Eve, seen in the alley""s shadows as "the mousy one with the trench coat and a funny hat," is ushered into the dressing room and introduced to Margo - with unflattering cold cream on her face.A second assailant named Theo (Clarence Gilyard, Jr.), a black technical-computer expert, disabled all he elevators (except one) and sealed off all the outer entrances and exits to the garage and the building." [Later, he pessimistically wonders: "Somebody might be sick or something."]Ann teasingly compares her own dignified and sophisticated literature choices with the pulp mysteries that her elderly father reads (Unsolved Crimesis conspicuously under his arm):Ann: Here I am, practically a child, and I wouldn""t read the things you read.