“He thought of firing a shot into the lock for the sheer cinematic stupidity of the gesture.”

“You cannot!' Tatiana said sharply. 'If you order a gun there is only a single shot, and once delivered the doors are locked and will not open until it has been fired.”

“Oh! Polly thought. Why aren't all girls locked up by law the year they turn fifteen? They do such stupid things!”

“I know what you're thinking 'Did he fire six shots or only five?”

“Then, almost as an afterthought, she turned and locked the bathroom door. If he thought he was going to seduce her, make her stupid enough to believe his lies by getting her into bed, he'd better think again. She stepped into the water. Besides, women didn't lose brain cells at the thought of sex. Only men did.”

“When you consider the opportunity and power He had to really do a job, and then look at the stupid, ugly little mess He made of it instead, His sheer incompetence is almost staggering.”