I took her fresh clothes the next morning, leaving them at the office because according to a smiling young man at the desk she was still occupied.

"She, uh, had some unexpected company," the man said. "So, she well, tended to business, I guess you'd say. I'll take these down to her when she's, ahh, well, free."

I asked him if he'd done any business with the woman in Room 21, and he looked a way.

"Um, well, I guess a few times," he said. "We get to sample the whores. The white ones are the best. This one here is off the charts. One continuous orgasm. I got to...