Thornhill: And what the devil is all this about? Why was I brought here?Vandamm: Games, must we?Thornhill: Not that I mind a slight case of abduction now and then, but I have tickets for the theatre this evening, to a show I was looking forward to and I get, well, kind of unreasonable about things like that.Quite consciously, I began to prepare myself for you.I kept my clothes neater so you wouldn""t be ashamed of me.I went to dancing school.I wanted o become more graceful and learn good manners for you.And so I would know more about you and your world, I...I went to the library and studied the lives of the great musicians of the past.Though I was not able to go to your concerts, I found ways of sharing in your success.Lisa also wistfully watches his numerous visitors from an upstairs window, noticing that his gatherings are often attended by elegantly-dressed women.Once the incessant rain stopped, here was an uneasy silence, and the mosquitoes were relentless - Chris was awakened a gave a startled look.To recover after failing to kill herself, she was brought to Lou""s upstairs room to recover.The soft-hearted Lou befriended the distressed Sally, and perceptively knew her problems involved romance with a man.Philip once again helped her to recover.After she moved in with Philip (because he couldn""t afford a separate apartment for her) in exchange for housework, Mildred at first was conciliatory o try and seduce him again: ("You""ve always been much nicer to me than I deserved.