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-LRB- JULIE 'S _ eyes light on the towel which has slipped from _ LOIS 'S _ inert hand . _ -RRB- JULIE : In that case I 'll be right out . -LRB- _ She puts her hands on the side of the tub to lift herself out and a murmur , half gasp , half sigh , ripples from the audience . A Belasco midnight comes quickly down and blots out the stage . _ -RRB- CURTAIN . _ FANTASIES _ THE DIAMOND AS BIG AS THE RITZ John T. Unger came from a family that had been well known in Hades -- a small town on the Mississippi River -- for several generations .