halleck supposed it was possible that at some drunken party or other ( and as with all the other constants of the physical universe c sunrise in the east , sunset in the west , the return of halley 's comet you could be certain that somewhere in town after nine p.m , people were guzzling manhattans , fishing green olives out of martinis , and , quite possibly , grabbing the tits of other men 's wives ) , he might be indiscreet about ole billy halleck 's paranoid-schizo ideas regarding gypsies and curses , but he suspected that rossington might think twice about spilling the tale even while in his cups .