That night in the Walsh house, roasting at about 97 degrees, the covered parakeet cage in the living room began shaking, as one of the birds ripped into the neck of a second bird and killed it.When cornered in a one-way dark alley, Batman surprised the GPD forces by flying out in the new aircraft - the Bat.Rick and Jonathan found Beni ransacking the Egyptologist's office, looking for the black Book of the Dead, related to the Mummy's goal of "bringing his dead girlfriend back to life.More important details regarding the setting and characters are telescoped very precisely and economically - information about he theft of transit letters, the political and social situation in pro-Vichy Casablanca, the arrival of the Nazi commandant and his friendship with the self-satisfied Vichy policeman, the crucial daily flights to Lisbon, and the central importance of Rick's Cafe.