Lionhearted1967: silence can speak volumes.
It can.
I used to remain silent when my ex partner would scream and shout at me, just wait until he got it out of his system.
Then he would say, 'Are you not going to say anything'
I would say, nope, not a word.
Then I would calmy walk away until he had calmed down.
Then he would accuse me of lying, because I was not saying anything.
I would say simply, I cannot hear you when you are shouting at me.