Is he serious? Is that what it looks like to him? That she is flirting, leading people on? Or does he just want to keep her for himself, to control her, because not being able to control her is unbearable for him? If his own emotions have gone haywire, why doesn’t he try to analyse them the way he analyses everything else – after all, he is an expert in textual analysis and theories – rather than give in to them? Or does it genuinely look like that to him. As if she is flaunting herself, as if anyone could have her? They will argue about this for years.