Everything. Well, I won’t permit it. I care nothing for you. I hate you. But there’s a law in the land that protects defenceless women—
THE DEVIL
Defenceless? Not unless they’re dumb!
FANNY
And I’ll see what the law says. I’ll publish you in every newspaper in the country, and I’ll tell how the great scientist ran after a strange woman—a woman he knew nothing about—and begged her to live in his house so she would be convenient to make love to.
[Doll Blondin looks at him suspiciously.
FANNY
Then where will your reputation be? Your Nobel prize?
DOLL BLONDIN (hastily)
I’m glad I didn’t have my trunks unpacked—