A light-hearted and complacent hero/bystander (a successful Manhattan advertising executive in a corporate Brooks Brothers suit) is suddenly otally vulnerable, isolated, and caught up in an unexplainable series of events - after being accustomed to making up ""the truth"" with slick ad copy for marketing purposes." A bell chimes twice, indicating that it is 2 am.As the carriage drives off, the men wonder to themselves: "I wonder if he""ll be here when we come back.When they arrived back home and she invited him in, he replied: "I""d rather stick needles in my eyes.Through a hidden door in a paint and varnish store, Eddie and Panama enter into a smoky, back-room speakeasy.