The hour was very late, and the fog had mostly cleared hanging about the ground casting an eerie look to the darkened town.
Satisfied that none other than the usual miscreants now occupied the alley, Red Cat slipped from the doorway, behind an apple cart an into th back door o the infamous " fancy Parrot" brothel. As she passed thru the doorway her favorite sash (the dark blue velvet one with the lil gold fleur de lis) caught on a nail. "Bugger!" she said under er breath an stopped t free herself. A shadow passed too near an she yanked the cloth free leavin a scrap hangin from the door frame as she took the stairs in twos..