In the tale""s grim ending, she begged the town""s executioner to chop off her feet to end her incessant dancing, but the shoes continued o dance with her dismembered, amputated feet still inside.McClane confirmed, from investigating the roof, that Gruber had set it to be detonated with C4 explosives - and radioed Powell to warn him of the double-cross: "The whole roof of the building is wired to." He phones Senator Foley""s (and the new Senator Smith""s) secretary Saunders (Jean Arthur) [she is rarely called by her first name Clarissa] and tells her that Smith has disappeared.She stabbed Grutas"" houseboat captain in the throat when he appeared, and then pleaded with Lecter: "Stop now.