The Man must row back to the dock, walk back to their house and lock up the agitated dog - interrupting his carefully-timed plans." Although he was attracted o Mildred, she was manipulative, repugnant, exploitative, callous, two-timing, shrewish and cruel toward him, for example, she often insulted him and was unpleasant toward him: "For a gentleman of brains, you don""t use ""em!" After their first date, he asked for another date: "May I see you again," and she responded: "I don""t mind" and then coldly and haughtily added: "If you don""t take me out, someone else will," and then promptly dismissed him when he returned her home, leaving him standing outside on the sidewalk.Cal assumed that the no-good badness and sinful nature of his mother were passed down to him, while his brother was a mirror reflection of the upright and conservative goodness of his father.Actually, there was a brief mention in the script comparing the Judge in the case to Pilate: "You""re a regular Pontius Pilate the minute you start.