>I wouldn't call Marjorie "strong,
reserved,
>> determined, and confident." She's loyal to a
fault.
This is a generalization that fits Woolrich's female
characters relative to his male protagonists. It's a
characteristic of his books that shows up over and over
again.
> As to the unpredictability of the ending, perhaps
it's
> because I write, too, but I saw it coming very
early
> on. It's good! Don't get me wrong. But I did
expect
> it.
All of it? I don't see how you could have seen all of it
coming. I've never been able to figure out how any Woolrich
novel ends except maybe Phantom Lady.
Jeff
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