(David’s friend Jeannette sometimes uses hypnosis on him) Jeannette has made an arrangement with David’s sister Ruth, to bring David over to do Ruth’s housework for her, and anything else she might tell him to do. David is a fairly docile guy and is willing to do whatever Jeannette wants. In a daze, he knocks, and his sister Ruth opens the door in her bare feet, smirking, clearly delighted to have her brother in her power. 