Selwyn did have a point there but the problem was that Elmer didn't exactly know what she thought about him. She had asked him to send her back all of her letters, which showed that she had lost her trust in him. Chances were that she wouldn't believe that tale.

"She won't believe me," Elmer said as he agressively put out his cigarette in a fancy cigarette tray next to him. "Reuben Crouch probably blew things out if proportion to her! Besides, I never explicitly said I want to fuck her, I said I wanted to fuck a Crouch-fuck-" his matches wouldn't ignite so he could light his next cigarette. With his next attempt he did it and after he'd inhaled and exhaled smoke, he said: "I could be meaning his aunt or his crippled brother for all he knew!"