It had been frightening to run from Rodolphus" room naked in the middle of the night, unsure if he would follow her a short time later to make her pay for her boldness. He was a man who liked to inflict pain on those that displeased him. Rejecting him at a very delicate moment couldn't have been easy for his fragile self-esteem. She knew that they couldn't keep living the way they were for long. Something would give eventually.