Although the anxious real-estate agents wore different dresses, the same strands of rope pinned them back-to-back in office chairs. Their indignant protests were muffled by cleave-gags tightened between their lips by the man determined to adjust their attitudes. After watching their futile struggles with great satisfaction, he bared their breasts before expressing his opinion of their behavior with hands-on dexterity as Ailee and Alexia murmured their objections.