After a while, Lockwood suddenly decides to go to a "blind" date. He wants to have a "woman in the family" so he can "be darling" and "eat out tonight" . He's not sure why he's going on such a blind date, but he decides that it's "okay to bring her along as an ornament" , which is a fancy way of saying "I'm so cute, I can't believe you're going on this blind date!" . It'