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<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="mailto:jadorno@jjay.cuny.edu">jadorno@jjay.cuny.edu</A> wrote:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>>
</FONT></SPAN>I find Brigitta Macbridge puzzling. What is her
relationship with <SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>>
</FONT> </SPAN>Scrooge all about. It comes off as a kind of love/fear
thing. He <SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>(Scrooge) sees her as a goldigger and does not
trust her, yet his <SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>>
</FONT> </SPAN>nephews are sympathetic towards her and help her in her
schemes <SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>to be Scrooge's would-be girlfriend. How far did
Scarpa go in <SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>developing her character? I've only read the
three stories that <SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>></FONT> </SPAN>Gladstone+ Gemstone have printed.<BR><BR><SPAN
class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As I remember it
she is a rather nice gal who is honestly in love with Scrooge.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>But he
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>not with her.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Could Brigitta be the answer to Don Rosa's recent question on this
list:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>>
The only thing that's needed is a villain who wants nothing that $crooge<BR>>
has and is actually a really nice fella who would never steal a cent
from<BR>> anyone who can't afford it and wouldn't harm a fly. Who would that
be?</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010240018-04102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Cord</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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