After asking about whether Susie Hunsecker (J.J.""s sister) has recently been at the club or not, he crassly ignores Rita""s request for help as he walks away:Can I talk to you a minute?.]Regan was Sternwood""s bodyguard and close companion, an Irish Republican Army adventurer who acted as the General""s surrogate son-substitute.Rose gazes at him, trying o attract a glance while entering the house.Rose quickly persuades Esther to join her and stand on the front porch to look at the boy.Attempting to be non-chalant, both desperately want to be noticed and admired.Unsuccessful in attracting his attention, he is oblivious o them and imperviously wanders inside.Rose thinks: "He""s not very neighborly, I must say."They also go inside their house, where they anticipate he evening""s events.When Esther reminds Rose of her fateful phone call, stuck-up Rose disdainfully mentions her disinterest in boys before drifting upstairs to wash her hair:My dear, when you get to be my age, you""ll find out here are more important things in life than boys.A sign painter brushes he words "DIREKTOR" on the frosted glass of the door to Schindler""s office, as he interviews many young female candidates seated before him for secretarial positions: "Filing, billing, keeping track of my appointments.