.. those peasants waiting to be noticed. Seated behind a massive walnut desk, he terrified rich men hoping to be seated without reservation.The maîtr... d’hôtel terrified me. He had the MOM look to perfection. In a glance, he cataloged my person to the penny, “tailored but off the shelf.”The change in his expression when his eyes wandered past my hair... “Winnie!”“Arthur.”“My Lord. The family table?”“Unoccupied, Arthur?”“Your cousin and her latest, my Lord.”“That will do ... it’s too damn hard to. .'' she said as she slipped it over myhead.She said, ''One thing we forgot today was a nice waist slip.. Eventhough your skirts are lined, I always like a waist slip with an edge oflace to show when I walk.'' She opened one of her drawers and passed mea black waist slip trimmed with lace at the hem. ''Slip that on while Itake all the tags off these clothes. And then try your black polo first- but careful not to smudge your make up.''I held out the neck of my polo as I pulled it down over my. ’ ‘Is there any way we can confirm this,’ asked Capt. Don, ‘Lt. Pam, monitor Romulan entertainment channels for the show and Cmdr. Mike it seems like we are being pulled toward a black hole.’ ‘A black hole?’ ‘Yes, a black hole,’ answered Lt. Solok, ‘a point in space where everything gets sucked in, forever.’ ‘Capt. Don,’ called out Lt. Pam, ‘the show just ended and… Tarlack just got eliminated!’ ‘This is surreal,’ mumbled Capt. Don and then he raised his voice to ask, ‘Lt. Solok, do you think. See you then." I heard a final chuckle as I pulled the phone away from my ear to hang up."Oh, hell no! There is no way I'm wearing that, Caleb!" Oh, pleasepleasepleaseplease... please, Gideon?" I can't believe you picked out that costume for me. I was going to pick one up today." Oh, puhlease! There is no way you'll be able to find anything worth wearing today of all days. Besides, if I let you pick your costume you'll put on a hideous sweater and come as a straight stand up comic. You'll spend.