Mr. Cubitt said, “Last year, I met a young American lady named Elsie Patrick in London. We quickly fell in love. One day, she told me that she had known unpleasant people in the past. She did not want to (A) them. Looking back, I should have asked about her past before. Nevertheless, we got married.” He continued, “Last week, I found those dancing figures on the window so I had them removed, but when I mentioned it to my wife, she became overwhelmed with panic and firmly insisted that we should not (B) them. The next day, I found a piece of paper with the same message in my garden. When I showed it to Elsie, she turned pale and fainted. It was like she was trapped in a nightmare.”