But then with her confidence strengthened about her love for Sheridan: ("I can make him happy, and he can make me happy"), she embraced her tearful assistant, and declared to her that she didn""t care if shewasa morning glory, speaking defiantly.The whole place seems o smell of death." She recalls all the "treasures" that she loved in her aunt""s glass cabinet (with broken glass from the night of the murder, although nothing was missing) - things that she had collected on tour throughout the world, including one glove from her performance inRomeo and Juliet.It is a simple, timeless allegory of plain, everyday people in a story which attacks prejudice and bigotry.At the crime scene, the police chief confidently announced that the "alphabet bandit" had been killed and the case was closed ("There will be no F crime").His only limited response to her was needing everyone to continue to perform "admirably." On board theNaradabound for the next target - Earth, hostage Capt.Pike accused Nero of genocide, while Nero demanded security codes that surrounded and defended Earth (using the torture method of putting a Centaurian slug in Pike""s throat to force out the information).