For the next week or so, Gloria was trained in the new routines, which included learning enough German to wait on tables. Frau Zim- mer marveled at her progress, while Gloria inwardly cursed hoping not to let her knowledge of the language show through the repeated, deliberate mispronunciations. Somehow, she managed.

During one afternoon session, when Gloria was in the cage by her- self, she scanned quickly the dust cover of the album she was playing- the same that she had seen in "La Discotheque." She could puzzle noth- ing out of it, but with as much detail as she could manage, fixed the scene on the front in her mind. That same afternoon, she saw her con- tact for the first time, appear briefly then depart without more than a swift look at her. He appeared twice more during the next few days, once with a group of noisy friends, the second time alone when Gloria was waiting on tables. As she bent over him ostensibly to take his order, she allowed him to look deeply down the neckline of her peasant blouse. She remained bent over as she took the order, flashing the finger signs "Have info. Must consult." The other person, his atten- tion seemingly riveted on a point near her navel casually made the "Wilco. Tomorrow" sign. Frau Zimmer and her mate had watched part of this interchange by means of a well-hidden network of cameras and microphones, but Frau Zimmer had turned away in a show of disgust at the prolonged display of the charms of her newest charge and both had missed the exchange of signals. For the remainder of the evening, Frau Zimmer followed, remotely the actions of Gloria, who it seemed had decided a course of open flirtation was part of the job. At least so it seemed from the numbers of necks hugged, laps sat upon cheeks and lips kissed by the bountiful young miss. She received an immense amount of tips that evening from the normally frugal Germans as well as several proposals and offers, some of them quite indecent. Twice she slapped faces whose owners were possessed of octopoid hands. All in all she was an immense hit which several others were quick to notice and three girls each made vows about their own modes of conduct in the future.

The following evening was a near baccanalia as each one of the waitresses copied Gloria's actions of the night before with varying de- grees of success. Gloria, because of her one night advantage had the edge on the others, but it was a close thing and there became a definite spirit of competition that was obvious to the more observant of the customers. Late in the evening, a tall, dark man with a certain military bearing and a pronounced British look to him, came in and was seated. He noted with interest the carnival atmosphere and again let

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