Kent deals himself out of the next hand after losing - a calculated move, and wanders around on the upper interior hallway of the saloon - his steely-eyed dominance and control of the saloon are evident.While ignoring Freddy""s maniacal threats and assertions that Jesse was dead, she hwarted Freddy with a firm and angry statement:"I am not afraid of you.You gotta get out now, away from me...You get low, you stay low.No more friends.Nothing familiar.There""s enough in there for you to make a life.Any life...I""ll end it.Go ahead." He used the Professor""s phone to speak to Conklin, falsely reported that Marie was dead, and then proposed a meeting with Conklin in Paris at 5:30 pm that day, in the middle of a bridge named Pont Neuf.Fearing that he will lose both his ex-wife and his star reporter, he suggests hat she come back to the paper and work with him to see if they can get along: "What""s the use of fighting, Hildy? I""ll tell you what you do.