" Although leashed at first, Caesar was unhooked, made a supplicating gesture with his open extended palm to ask for permission to wander off, and then excitedly rushed into the woods to stare up at the towering redwoods.He approaches Cora in the kitchen as she is washing dishes.She tells him that she married the good-hearted man when taken in by the promise of security and wealth - but she compromised herself by entering into a loveless marriage:Cora: Frank, about that question?Frank: What question?Cora: Why I married Nick?Frank: My answer is that Nick came along at the right time and with a wedding ring.As she entered the darkened luggage car, she met up with "Phelps", confirming her conspiratorial partnership with her husband, but then advised against killing Ethan: "Is it such a good idea to kill him?" She warned: "Kittridge is here.(To Charlotte) Lisa tells me that your latest peculiarities, your fits of crying, your secretiveness indicate that you""re on he verge of a nervous breakdown.Lois told him he would be a "tough act to follow" if she was told to find someone else.When he kissed her to reassure her of his love, it somehow erased her memory of her past few days of his being Superman - allowing her to function without that painful knowledge, and to keep his identity secret and safe so that he could continue to dutifully protect Earth.