The= lady is-\) Mrs. Hilyard;,== a wealt^[h=_y poetes!_s who ,.lives in a th[=_r@ee=#)-story city m ansio[!=`n an#] d her ] @#cage is her elevator, which stops a dozen feet s
^*ho@rt of the ??]main floor+ due to a
\n _`el/,
ectrical / failure on=+! a J
uly 4th wee=.kend. She rings her outside alarm, ,=ev;entual _*ly
*,notic!#ed by a drunken/] dereli/ct, who b, -%reaks into ; -t:he[ house, ))[ignor]es her p?*light
.@ and#= helps hims^_elf! @]t]o various items and alcoh ol. He( leav=es wit(*.h his loot bu! t retur!]=%ns a==+
while later with a pl;um=p prosti-?$ tute and three tee.nage hood@#lums, w #ho pr\o^ceed to/# t/#errorize Mrs/+; . Hilyar
=d as they wreck)=+ her:]$ home.