I understood Mrs. Parkington's decision to use the money to repay what Amory had stolen but I got the impression it would go towards saving Amory and covering up his crime. If he just gets off the hook because the money is returned, that would be wrong. He should be held accountable and made to pay for his crimes.
My other problem is the way Mrs. Parkington's actions seem to punish her heirs. They were a bunch of spoiled, selfish, greedy, and rotten people; with the exception of her grand-niece. They certainly didn't turn out that way on their own. If it had been only one or two bad apples, it could be said they went astray. However, only one was good.
The bad ones attracted more bad into the family but where was Mrs. Parkington's influence? She was a good person yet none of it seemed to be passed down from her. I suppose that's why they made most of them her grandchildren rather than her children. Still, it seemed she was a regular part of their lives. I would have expected her to have more of an influence and to know there were problems before it got to that point. She had been clueless to a lot of the things her husband had been doing right under her nose but by the time he died she caught on. How could she then go back to being clueless?
Having dealt with her husband's vices, I'd expect her to be vigilant and make doubly sure her children and their children were raised with good values. It's not even about the money but about what kind of people they became. People like to say money corrupts but it's not the money, it's the person. Those without money can be just as corrupted as those with money so it couldn't be just the money.
Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]
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