"You weren't going to let it touch any of us?!" Zeetha shouted. "You really don't trust us, do you? Do you ever learn?" she added.
Of course he didn't! He was the Baron! The stubborn, foolish Baron! She knew that no one could be expected to change him. Maybe that's what made Zanta and Klaus clash and relate all at once? The fact that they could never be changed by anyone.