"So you can shut the door in my face after I've given you what you wanted?" Dick asked. Despite what he had just said, he handed over the book almost immediately after saying so. He didn't have any use for a book, and it would be a shame for it to waste away out here, even if he didn't understand what it was about.

That said, if she attempted to shut the door in his face he would shove his walking stick in the door way to keep it open.