Batman Begins was running on AMC last night. While I was watching it I wondered what ALfred did during those years Bruce was out stealing, living in Chinese prisons, being trained by Ra, and so on.
Did he just clean all the time? I imagine that if he starts usting in one room and works through the entire house, by the time he's finished, the rooms he started with are dusty again. Perhaps he closed off certain rooms because they weren't in use. What would he do then? Do you think he had the plce redecorated to match his tastes? Maybe he invited his old buddies over, and they had a fine time, smoking cigars and drinking brandy in front of a roaring fireplace. Or he could have wild rave parties, because he loosened up a bit with Master Bruce nowhere to be found. Alfred on recreational drugs would be quite the sight.
Do you think Alfred privately financed his own search for Bruce, even after everyone else gave up looking? Or he busied himself by visiting bookstores, or the theater. There's an idea, maybe Alred did a little acting in local productions*. It'd be a productive way to pass the time, and he'd meet some new people, which would have to be an improvement over spending all one's time in a cold, empty mansion.
* I don't know if it's still in play, but The Untold Legend of Batman said that affer he served in World War 2, where he rescued prisoners and machine-gunned Nazis, Alfred returned to his first love, acting.
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