The older women, in dark clothes and head scarves, mumbled prayers.

"I want a turn in the pretty chair," the woman mumbled.

"He is no longer in control of himself," the woman mumbled.

Then the woman mumbled something else under her breath that no one, including myself, understood.

Across the room the old woman stirred and mumbled.

The woman behind the Plexiglas looked away and mumbled something about not making the decisions.

The other women and men on the security team mumbled agreement.

Under her breath, the woman mumbled to herself, "You have a nice body.

The old woman stared at them, mumbled something else, and then disappeared very suddenly indeed from the window.