"Please!"
"Be careful! Stay unperturbed. Look at the paint. It has splattered onto the floor."
"What happened to me?"
"It is better to not think of it. Far worse things have happened, as bad as this is or seems to be. They have, and they have been overcome by mere mortals."
"Is he here?"
"No, he is gone. Didn't you hear the car drive away?"
"Yes."
"He'll be back, won't he?"
"No. You saw him with a suitcase in his hands."
"He spat in my face with that bag in his hands."