1934 Alice in Jails: Streets/Epilogue II: The Triumphal Return of the Vice President

Synopsis
Carol and Daily Days Vice President Gustav St. Germain arrive at New York City's Pennsylvania Station by train, the former in a great rush to return to the DD agency and convert her notes into an article. When she notices aun familiar woman shadowing Gustav, however, she forgets her haste and asks the woman who she is.

With a giggle, the woman identifies Gustav by name and occupation and asks him if it is true his brokerage deals in information of all kinds. Once he confirms this is the case, she takes a handgun from her bag; aiming it at his chest, she repeats that it is both "a pleasure to meet [them]" and that it is "nice to see [them again]."

The woman introduces herself as "Hilton, one of the twins" when Gustav asks for her name, but he clarifies he wants to know her individual name rather than the name of her collective. Rattled, Hilton proclaims her hatred for information brokers and asks how much he knows about her ("them") - accusing him and Carol of being as "everywhere" in Chicago as she was.

When Gustav counters that he and Carol "were where [Hilton] was not," she demands he explain why Master Huey's left eye was stolen and what happened in the places she was absent from. Gustav decides to give her the information she wants, mutually agreeing with her that they should continue their conversation away from the station.

After warning her to prepare for any unwelcome truths his information may contain, he declares he will begin by confirming what she and other Lamia pawns did and did not do to Chicago.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Carol
 * Gustav St. Germain
 * Hilton

Quotes

 * "We are information brokers. Using information as currency, we purchase money. To us, information is the standard of society, an absolute value. Its price fluctuates more wildly than the stock market, and its luster shifts through all the colors of the rainbow, depending on the transaction partner." -Gustav to Hilton