"Merry Christmas," he answered. "Happy to pay for damage to life and limb."
Lennox reached into his pocket, took out his wallet and was fingering through it for money when his eye noticed the identification card.
"This isn't my wallet," he said.
"What?"
Lennox plucked at his shirt dubiously. "Not my clothes either."
"What are you talking about, Clarence? Them's your clothes." Aimee switched on the set and fiddled with the controls.
"No. Not mine. Belong to somebody else. Character named Lennox."
"Who?"
He extended the wallet for Aimee to examine. "My name's Fox. Clarence Fox from Philadelphia. This is Jordan Lennox, says here. See? Jordan Lennox. How'd he get into the act?"
The screen ignited, herringboned, then sprang into life. The blast of Johnny Plummer's orchestra filled the room with bright expectation. A Main-Title card displayed white comedy letters against a cartoon background while the voice of Oliver Stacy read it with frenetic sell: THE MODE SHOW ... STARRING MIG MASON AND DIGGY DIXON ... PLAYING—'WHO HE?'