Colter were actually
related. Henry was a half-uncle to Eli (b. 1929) and Erszebet. Thus
Henry's and Erszebet's constant flirtation was somewhat incestuous,
and angered Junius. Eli, however, would rather his sister be with
their uncle than a black man any day. The roots of Henry's and the
Singers' families (as well as those of many other noteworthy denizens
of Flicker Street and beyond) lie with the Parminters of Gossingham;
their family history will chronicled further along in our narratives.

V. The 1953 Affair

During the Christmas
holidays in 1953, Javier held a lavish “Yule Bash”. Colburne's
alto solo on “Greensleeves” was a scorching highlight of the
Ulysses Reale 6's set. The music was really jumping; the alcohol was
plentiful, those that needed a fix got one out back, and the girls
were on full display in all their pulchritude. Arronaxe almoststole
the evening when she doffed her top, but Erszebet continued to reign
supreme, dancing with a Santa hat on – and not much else.

As the evening wound to a
spastic close, Erszebet went missing. Eli had come to the club to
disrupt her “unholy frolicking”, but she was nowhere to be
found. Javier asked Eli to leave and Singer swore he'd destroy the “pagan
heathen bastard” Javier before he died. While Javier was avoiding a
serious problem, another arose. Nels, Henry, Judd, and Luca were
extremely intoxicated and wanted a special table dance from Erszebet.
They went looking in Javier's office, and found her making love with
young Junius G. Hand! Javier came upon the scene.

“Did you know about this?”
asked Nels. Javier indicated he did. He plead with the four not to
tell anyone for fear that Eli