night in alice's room. a little bit of moonlight coming in through the tiny window might make a highlight here and there but that's about all. words begin to crawl across the screen: alice in pain because skinny is twisting her arm and they are in alice's room. it is still night. and the other whores are there, scared, nervous. alice's room at night, the sound of rain beating hard on the roof. alice is playing cards with silky and faith when little sue sticks her head in the door. slap! alice gets little bill's big hand across the face. alice's room and the whores. they are sitting glumly in the dim light of a simple lamp. little sue is wiping tears away and delilah is staring blankly.