..They say he simply adored her...I suppose he just can""t get over his wife""s death...But he""s a broken man."During their courtship, the young woman is invited on more drives in de Winter""s car.Mrs.Van Hopper can""t understand why Maxim hasn""t returned her own phone calls or answered her notes.The cranky woman sits in her sick bed, gorging herself on chocolates and extinguishing her cigarette in a jar of cold cream - revealing her vulgarity and petulance..." Farrell hypothesized about the attack: "Jesus Christ, it""s a fire-sale..It""s a three-step systematic attack on the entire national infrastructure...everything must go" - the three components were transportation, the financial base and telecoms, and the utilities (gas, water, electric, nuclear).He forces her to ake a good, harsh look in the mirror with him:And I thought, ""I wonder who that bum is.Rick hides the two priceless letters of transit for him, secretly stashing them in the club""s upright piano while Sam sings and plays: "Who""s Got Trouble? - Knock on Wood" - the song itle provides commentary that is pregnant with meaning.