Marguerite: Hmm.Not a very romantic reason.Armand: No, I kept it as a warningagainstromance.Marguerite: How sensible! Has it made you very cynical?Armand: Yes, very.Marguerite: Is that why you've never taken the trouble to call on me?Armand: Perhaps.Marguerite: I'm sorry.One needs friends.Marguerite is touched by his sincerity and astonished o learn from her housekeeper Nanine (Jessie Ralph) that while she was ill, he faithfully came every day to ask how she was and to leave flowers, without being introduced."With he approach of Humungus' gang, the gates to the refinery were hurriedly reinforced and everyone went to their battle-stations." And then as follow-up, he proposed reading a graphic bedtime story to her about the history of Russian executions as she cuddled with one of her forbidden dolls hidden under her blanket.He owned a racetrack, a shooting club, drilling rig companies, several oil companies - but his records indicated that he was in trouble.