Ever too late to bribe the Floating Nose?

[MunchkinMan]

Once you played the Potion of Cowardice, their decision making process was done. They could not bribe Floating Nose to escape because they were no longer in the combat and were forced to Run Away. Prior to that point, however, they could have decided at any time to bribe him to go away. So, had you instead played a Wandering Monster with a Monster they couldn't beat along with Floating Nose, they could have bribed Floating Nose to go away and just tried to tackle the new Monster together.