Sh-h-h-h! [The knock is repeated] Sh-h-h-h! [He takes a firm grip on the bottle] Come in!
[As the door opens and RUFINIUS' head appears, HELIOGABALUS lets fly with the bottle. It misses RUFINIUS by a foot, but he ducks back and slams the door. A moment's silence]
HELIOGABALUS
I bet it singed him, anyway.
[He climbs back into bed]
LUCIA
You might have killed him.
HELIOGABALUS
Might have killed him. I ought to have killed him. I'll attend to it in the morning.
LUCIA