In another area of the asylum, Freddy had created an M.C.Escher-like impressionistic puzzle landscape (where water ran uphill, and there were impossibly-angled stairs), to slow Alice down in her pursuit of Jacob.She steps aside from the tour and reaches inside her bag again and again - incredulous that Gregory's present is missing.Amusingly, McPherson glances at Lydecker, looks down, smirks, and then reaches for the robe.He also compliments the columnist on his memory:McPherson: You have a pretty good memory, Mr.Lydecker.(He throws the full-length robe at Lydecker.)Lydecker: I always liked that detective with a silver shinbone.McPherson: Thanks.I hope you won't have any reason to change your mind about me.Lydecker can't shed much information about the Friday night murder, even though he claimed (in the narration) that he "was he only one who really knew her.Instead of confronting the lascivious bandleader, Stan avenges his manly honor by nastily knocking his girlfriend to the floor.