Dear Banafish, I just wanted to say that I am always really pleased when we get back to the writing of JDS, of all people, especially when spurred on by such nice posts as those by Jim and Tim. Charlotte was also a participant on It's a Wise Child (by the way, am I the only one who consistantly appends the phrase "... who knows when to keep his mouth shut" to the name of this show? The composite phrase was always, with some slight modification, on the lips of my father (and has its roots in the the biblical book of Proverbs)). She would step on poor Seymour's foot when particularly pleased with his answers - food for thought for you leitmotiv finders. In my mind, Charlotte seems to represent an ideal, innocent, childlike love. She is intelligent enough, but more important, seems to understand Seymour and respond, leaving him with a limp he cherished. She never said anything about the rock incident, again implying the same Zen-like acceptance of an illogical situation, as though she could grasp that she earned her wound by simply being so beautiful. Perhaps above all, she is gone, leaving memory, a yellow stain, and perhaps a little regret. Mattis