Two additional Schmidtlines were present; nineteen-year-old brother Hans and their sister Gloria. The Schmidtlines had one thing in common – none of them looked alike. Hans was six-foot-three, lean, with rodent-like features. Gloria was much prettier than Cynthia; not as tail, but more feminine. And while Cynthia kept her long brown hair straight to the shoulder, Gloria's blonde hair was short and wavy. Jay, Cynthia and Hans had dark-brown eyes, Gloria had soft blue eyes.

The other new guests included a couple Charles had invited; his sister Kay brought a girlfriend; and Ed's cousin, Ann, brought a girlfriend. But the biggest surprise to the group was the presence of Margaret Leche, who must have arrived with Tom, since she was the first one there and gave them last-minute instructions about their behavior. A typical Margaret Leche habit anyway, which they all hated her for. They also despised her short, squat build that she carried like a muscle-bound truck driver. Rumor had it that she was a bull dyke, but no one had any evidence to prove it. It didn't matter anyway, since rumors circulated about all members of the Leche family. The mother was called "Crazy Mary"; the father was singled out as "the meanest man in Ridgewood"; and even Margaret's sister was said to be a tramp. So the Leche family stuck together, and even though there was an age difference of eleven years between Margaret and Stella, they were always seen together.

Margaret blocked the back door until precisely eight o'clock, then opened the door and gave the order to enter. At ten after eight she told Ed to lock the door.

"Okay, you guys," she barked, "in to the dressing room and don't dilly-dally."

The men shuffled into the adjoining room.

At exactly eight-twenty she opened the door and herded the girls into the now-vacant dressing room. Her hawk-eyes guaranteed the complete disrobing of the girls, which made them leery of her real reason for watching. Even the girls that didn't know her felt uneasy.