Each number stood for a letter of the alphabet: M-A-H-E, or M-R-E (or "Mr.E" or "Mystery" or "Mr.Enigma" or "Mr.E.Nygma" - the villain).The Riddler held Chase captive in his Riddler""s lair on Claw Island - using her as bait to attract Batman." He convincingly warned that between there and Ridgemont, he had already come upon six bodies in Myers"" wake, and "he""s here to kill that little girl and anybody who gets in his way.And how his grandmother often left him alone to be with her many boyfriends: "You look real nice, lover boy.Vivian is spoilt, exacting, smart and ruthless.Carmen is still a little child who likes to pull the wings off flies.I assume hey have all the usual vices, besides those they""ve invented for hemselves.If I seem a bit sinister as a parent, Mr.Marlowe, it""s because my hold on life is too slight to include any Victorian hypocrisy.I need hardly add that any man who has lived as I have and who indulges for the first time in parenthood at my age deserves all he gets.