"Don’t be an ass, Chooka. Peep the customers with me. That old goat obsessed with the red-eyed woman ..." Powell explored him gently. "He’s been here before. He’s waiting for Barbara D’Courtney to come in. You dress her in sequins. You bring her on in half an hour. He likes her looks. She does some kind of trance routine to music. Her dress is slit open and he likes that. She —"