"Well, you can't take her away from him."
And he said:
"I might. Some people would remove her by death. Of course, I wouldn't
do anything like that. She's all right, though how she can live with a
grey and brutal beast like the Doctor, I don't know--or anybody. But,
of course, I can't strike him there. I've merely decided to take
something he can't do without. He'll be able to make it good in time,
but not all in a minute; and in the meanwhile he'll look a fool, besides
being useless to the world at large."
It was dangerous, but interesting.