Bannister home.I told myself I couldn""t leave a helpless man lying unconscious in a saloon.Well, it was me that was unconscious.And he was exactly as helpless as a sleeping rattlesnake.Michael""s arrival at the yacht is introduced by the yapping of Elsa""s pet dachshund, and a view of a glum-faced Elsa dressed as a calendar-girl - she wears a yachtman""s suit and cap with white shorts.Because her face was obliterated by the blast at close range, she was identified by her clothing:Waldo Lydecker - a waspish columnist and radio broadcaster - a self-centered, cold-blooded and effeminate writer; also Laura""s mentor and protective confidantShelby Carpenter - Laura""s fiancee, a womanizing, poor, weak, but charming and debonair Southern aristocrat, and Anne Treadwell""s ""kept man""Anne Treadwell - Laura""s wealthy, amoral aunt, neurotically in love with her companion ShelbyBessie Clary - Laura""s devoted, domestic maid]The detective pays little attention to Lydecker, and amuses himself with a hand-held pinball puzzle, as he tries to fill he four bases of a baseball diamond with rolling balls.Gandalf reasoned that the land wasn""t really at peace - there were Mountain Trolls, Orcs and more: "There is something at work beyond the evil of Smaug.Utterly devoted to her brother, high-collared, fervent, perspiring Rose pedal-pumps and plays the organ to assist the uncomprehending natives in noisy, atonal hymn singing - in the semi-comic scene."The "new neighbor" is a handsome Stefan Brand (younger than in the opening scene), an accomplished pianist - introduced with his hands gliding over the piano keyboard while playing Franz Liszt""s No.