You're the stupidest genius I've ever met, do you know that? Never mind the Stone Age concept of 'getting the girl', if you just got it through your gigantic bloody skull that you're not a bad guy -

[But then he's crossed the threshold, and she stops and swallows because her throat has gone hoarse from the unusual effort of shouting and she'd rather shut up under her own power rather than wait to be cut off by the sound of a door slamming.]