Possible Clues:

• Rejection in Brief Encounter is really rotten!
• Short encounter finished in rejection
• Ignore British dash
• Rejection making British leave quickly
• Hunting trophy displayed, despite rebuff
• Cold shoulder
• Rudely dismiss bachelor, then run away
• Hurry away after second snub
• Having had such a dismissal one might lose one's head and run away
• Such a rebuff makes one lose one's head and take to one's heels