ATDTDA (3) Dynamitic mania, 80-86

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

       Paul Mackin:
       I can see it for the couples Roger/Jessica and Cyprian/Yash, but  
       Mason/Dixon tend  to fail me emotionally.  So much of the back-and- 
       forth between these actual historic persons seems like an operatic  
       duet. I feel the music more than the human beings making it. Dally  
       succeeds in turning me off a little, so I guess that makes her a   
       relatively strong character. Did others find her precociousness and  
       smart-aleck remarks annoying? I could change my  mind with further,  
       more careful reading I'm sure.

I found her precociousness and smart-aleck remarks felt just like
family, made her all that much more endearing to me. 'Course, 
my family is in some kinda smart-aleck compitition, your
mileage mat vary.