Claude North was another character whose reason d'etre I could never figure out, just like ectopoleyester Dameon. (Although I now know what the big deal about Dameon was.) I do know - and correct me if I'm wrong - that Claude was you-know-who's boyfriend, and that he apparently "lent her out" to you-know-who to use to bring back Angelique, and then figured maybe that wasn't the best thing to do. Okay, fine. But - once again - they made such an initial big deal about it and then he's gone. Actually, I'm glad he did vanish rather quickly. I didn't like him. He came off as a snooty, snotty, self-centered, arrogant critter, the kind of person who patronizes the Splash Bar in New York City.
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