to be disclosed. This is a part of Pinter's two-pronged tactic of awakening the audience's desire for verification and repeatedly disappointing this desire" (Brown 94). [18] Although Stanley, just before the lights go out during the birthday party, " begins to strangle Meg (78), she has no memory of that the next morning, quite possibly because she had drunk too much and gotten tipsy (7174); oblivious to the fact that Goldberg and McCann have removed Stanley from the house Petey keeps that information from her when she inquires, "Is he still in bed?" by answering "Yes, he's ... still asleep"she ends the play focusing on herself and romanticising her role in the party, "I was the belle of the ball. [...] I know I was" (102).