Ever wonder why Scrooge stays a bachelor? In Romano Scarpa's "The Eternal Knot," it comes down to a bet between McDuck and other gold miners, decades before. a bet torn apart by the arrival of Gladys Dukehart, an heiress whom it seems Scrooge can't refuse! The romance beat goes on in Lars Jensen's "The Next Best Thing," with Flintheart Glomgold dating Scrooge's sometime fling Brigitta MacBridge. Could it be a scheme by Scrooge to get her off his back? What do you think?.