`` you mean the same way i have left you ? nowadays it was part of a national chain . he had gone as suddenly as he came and she was left lying in bed in agony . `` you have to stay in character , '' she reminded him for the hundredth time . did he want to prove his power over her ? `` i 'm just saying maybe we should n't rush into marriage , that 's all . your nose wrinkles when you laugh at me . '' not for the defense of my loved ones . 