Lecter was saved from having his throat slit when the time bomb exploded, affording him escape.When he returned to Lady Murasaki""s apartment, he realized she had been kidnapped as a hostage to be used as bait when he received a phone call from Grutas.It opened with a washed out B/W/color sequence of contemptuous, undefeated heavyweight champion boxer Mason "The Line" Dixon (Antonio Tarver) quickly knocking out another opponent, and being blamed for the "decline" of the entire sport, with fans booing and pelting him with ice, presumably because he had easily risen through the ranks by only fighting patsies and bums.]The desperate, washed-up, once-great Bialystock, the "toast of Broadway," returned into his run-down office, decorated with framed posters of his previous low-brow, bad-taste productions hat were sensational failures.Mathayus watched as his lethally-wounded brother Jessup""s throat was slit by Memnon.The Sorceress, claiming she had a vision ("To ignore this would bring great misfortune.The gods show him favor on this night"), protested Mathayus"" proposed murder, and unexpectedly pleaded that his life be spared.