V.V. (14) Ruby

[jbor]

      The girl was sitting on the bed, smoking and reading a western.
                                                    (281.19)

_Warlock_ I wonder?

Also, note that Mathilda Winthrop, McLintic's landlady, has the same
initials as Mafia. I like McLintic's description of the way that the "few
who couldn't really afford dollar beers at the V-Note but did or wanted to
understand" his music are pushed out by the college kids "with money" and
those "cautious" musicians from bigger groups. (281.21)

best