I have never thought about that (shame on me) but it is spot on. Upperclass Ichabod's interaction with working class Betsy would have been an easy way to shape and build both characters. It could have been sublime (given a better actress) and instantly she'd been more than a this corset-clad caricature we have to deal…

As someone who has been practically everywhere during the Revolution Crane really has the most unexciting skeletons in his closet. First not shooting Arthur Bernard in the Sin Eater and now this purely imaginary treachery.