Yea, I agree. It's much better that way.
I just can't understand why it would be missing the middle two hangers. You think that's why or was Tim Powers just broke as shit and needed some hangers for another route?
It's when you have like...say a puppet with a cute little hat on and you're doing a puppet show for little kids right? Well, all of a sudden the puppet starts humping the other puppet's head and kicking his ass and curb stomping him because he didn't get the benefits he felt he deserved for the job. That, my friend, is not only a mad prop but a very pissed prop.