Nonetheless, Jim, according to Watson and the quotes
attributed to Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia, Holmes holds
Adler in very high regard. He admires her, whether sexually
or intellectually, it doesn't matter. Spade does not admire
Brigid O'Shaunnasy. Both O'Shaunnasy & Adler are
sociopaths, speculatively both were probably abused in
childhood. Brigid is a murderess without even a realistic
profit motive. Adler is an extortionist and a con woman.
Holmes finds her cunning admirable. Spade is in no way
impressed with Brigid's muddling attempts to snag the bird
which, after she gets it, how is she going to dispose of it
for the vast sum at which it's supposed to be valued? All
these people in Falcon are completely crazy. It's Spade's
ability to understand their level of insanity and interact
with them at their level without fully entering into their
psychotic world-view and getting himself murdered as, for
instance, Jacoby did, which tells us how good he is at his
job.
Patrick King
--- JIM DOHERTY <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Pat,
>
> Re your comment below:
>
> "[Brigid] is not the love of [Spade's] life
as
> Eileen
> Adler is for Holmes."
>
> It's "Irene," not "Eileen," and a lot of
> Sherlockians
> would give you a very strong argument that
the
> admiration Holmes feels for her is not romantic
in
> the
> least.
>
> I'm not, but I am pointing out that it's not
a
> settled, agreed-upon thing.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
>
>
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