[Shockingly enough, she finds herself agreeing with him for - well, not the first time, but it's a very rare occurrence.]

I'd love to find a reason to chew you out for reckless violence again, but I absolutely can't hold with a grown, armed man using physical violence against a defenseless woman for any reason, so just this once I'll admit that you really didn't.

Well, part of it's what happened to your landlady and the other part is that it's always the bloody Americans who pull these stunts, isn't it?