Cort Williams answers “What also got lost on me, is why she had...”

Anastasia asked this question about French Exit:

What also got lost on me, is why she had to spend all the money as she could have left it to Malcolm, who - she knew - was not capable of taking care of himself financially. Any ideas on that one?

Cort Williams I was wondering on the specifics myself but on the whole it seemed in character for Frances. I think there was a passage that referred to this questio…moreI was wondering on the specifics myself but on the whole it seemed in character for Frances. I think there was a passage that referred to this question. Indicating that it was not because she felt guilt about her husband's shady clientele or anything of that nature, but something smaller, more personal, bitterer. Or something to that effect. I'd guess it was sort of an FU to Frank. Perhaps they had some argument where he boasted he set her up so she couldn't spend it all if she tried so she felt compelled to prove him wrong-Kind of a Brewster's Millions thing.
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