On Fri, 16 Jun 1995, Donald Larsson wrote: > That is probably true enough in a legalistic sense. But isn't the original > absconding of funds a *moral* crime (until she repents and intends to return > it)? That difference--between legal crime, moral crime and the effects of > guilt on both--is often played around with in Hitchcock's films. > That's true. Her initial transgression, however, for which she pays dearly, is having an illicit affair. That, after all, is the motivation for running off with the money in the first place--and it's sooo Hitchcock. Meredith McMinn ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]