Maybe she has to crank out a bunch of writing in limited time. Maybe she asks questions to increase engagement, not because she doesn't know the answers.

I'm very surprised anyone sees it this way. Matthew is the more violent criminal in this situation. The moment with Nora is brutal too, but I think this reviewer's wrong.

Ford's in his flivver, all's well with the world!

That's really interesting, but I think Job 2:9 is very strongly implicated:
http://bible.oremus.org/?ql…