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Days later, the Duke gives Vanessa Serin Somerset's name and orders everything about her to be investigated, including her debts and relationships with men.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Garden of May Chapter 9 opens with sick Vanessa missing the boat party on the Dunster River, and her conversation with her friend about the gossip of the Duke of Battenberg's disappearance triggers the real break. As she looks at the blurry photo in the newspaper, she feels a sense of familiarity, while the Duke's scandals become a subject of mockery. 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I KNOW YOU WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.\nYOU WERE SO DISAPPOINTED YOU MISSED IT LAST SUMMER BECAUSE YOU WERE STUCK INSIDE.\n\nHOW COULD I GO ANYWHERE WHEN YOU’RE SICK?\nBESIDES,\nI’D MUCH RATHER BE HERE WITH YOU THAN GO ON SOME SILLY BOAT TRIP!\nAnyway,\nLOOK AT THIS, VANESSA.\nHM?\nIT SAYS THE DUKE OF BATTENBERG IS MISSING!\n\nHE’S STILL HANDLING BUSINESS BY MAIL AND TELEPHONE,\nSO PEOPLE ARE SAYING HE MUST HAVE ELOPED WITH A LOVER.\nIT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HE WOULD EVER GO INTO HIDING LIKE THIS, EVEN TURNING DOWN A MARRIAGE WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY...\nTHIS LOVER OF HIS MUST HAVE HIM COMPLETELY WRAPPED AROUND HER FINGER.\nSOMETHING...\n\nSEEMS FAMILIAR...\nGOODNESS. YOU'RE CERTAINLY GETTING AN EYEFUL.\nI-i Was Just-!\nWAIT. DON'T TELL ME\nYOU’RE INTERESTED IN THE DUKE OF BATTENBERG?\n\nNO, I’M—\nVANESSA\nIS INTERESTED IN WHO?\n\nHE HAS THE KIND OF FACE THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO PLAN A FUTURE TOGETHER, DOESN’T HE?\nDoes He?\nIT'S SO BLURRY. I CAN'T EVEN MAKE OUT HIS FEATURES.\n\nIT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO GET INTERESTED IN HIM, ANYWAY.\nTHE DUKE, I MEAN.\nAPPARENTLY HE'S GOT QUITE THE SCANDALOUS PERSONAL LIFE.\n\nTHEY SAY COUNTLESS WOMEN HAVE SHOWN UP AT THE BATTENBERG ESTATE CLAIMING TO BE PREGNANT.\nPLUS, HE SUPPOSEDLY HASN'T HAD A PORTRAIT PAINTED SINCE HE WAS TEN.\nAND EVEN THAT ONE WAS NEVER RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.\nWHEN A MAN ACTS THAT SUSPICIOUSLY, THERE'S ALWAYS A REASON.\n\nYOU MEN ARE ALL THE SAME.\nYOU SEE A MAN WHO'S BETTER THAN YOU, AND YOU LEAP TO TEAR HIM DOWN.\nAND YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT DOWN YOUR OWN TWIN TO FEEL BETTER, DON'T YOU, ROSALIND?\nSTOP IT, YOU TWO.\nANYWAY.\nREMEMBER THIS, VANESSA.\nMEN ALWAYS HAVE A REASON FOR WHAT THEY DO.\n\nO-OKAY...\nBUT—!\n\nTHERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING CURIOUS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX, VANESSA.\nSO GET WELL SOON,\nAND YOU CAN GO TO THE UPCOMING PICNIC...\n\nA FEW DAYS LATER\nWE MATCHED OUR CHARITABLE DONATION WITH LAST YEAR'S,\nAND THE MATTER WITH THE SHIPPING COMPANY IS PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY.\n\nI HEAR SIR EDGAR WILL SOON BE HEADING SOUTH WITH THE DOCUMENTS.\nGOOD. I'LL BE WAITING.\nDO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO RETURN EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED?\nI BELIEVE I SAID I WOULD BE SPENDING MY VACATION HERE.\n\nOF COURSE, BUT...\nLADY NORMA HAS BEEN HAVING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME LATELY.\nSHE HAS CUT OFF ALL SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND ONLY MOVES BETWEEN HER BEDROOM AND THE GARDEN—\nTELL MY GRANDMOTHER THAT I’LL BE BACK WHEN I’M READY,\nAND TO TONE DOWN HER LITTLE PROTEST.\n\nHAVE YOU TRULY...\nMET A YOUNG LADY YOU WISH TO MARRY?\nIS THAT WHAT THEY’RE SAYING?\nTHAT I’VE ELOPED OR SOMETHING?\nIF YOU REQUIRE SWIFT WEDDING PREPARATIONS, PLEASE JUST SAY THE WORD.\n\nOF COURSE, IF LADY NORMA WERE TO FIND OUT, SHE WOULD BE MOST DISTRESSED—\n\nBEDRIDDEN WITH ACHES AND PAINS, HUH?\nSHE SEEMS TO BE SWANNING AROUND JUST FINE.\n\n...YOUR GRACE?\nAH, IT’S NOTHING—\n\n...SO THAT OFFER WASN'T JUST FOR ME.\n\nPARDON? WHAT DO YOU—\nNORMAN, FORGET THE WEDDING PREPARATIONS.\nSOMETHING ELSE HAS JUST COME UP.\nI NEED YOU TO INVESTIGATE SOMEONE.\nDEBT HISTORY, REPUTATION AT SCHOOL,\n\nWHO SHE USUALLY ASSOCIATES WITH,\nAND HER RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEN.\nHER NAME IS VANESSA SERIN SOMERSET.\nLEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED.","bubble_count":78,"pages_count":21,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Garden of May Chapter 9 opens with sick Vanessa missing the boat party on the Dunster River, and her conversation with her friend about the gossip of the Duke of Battenberg's disappearance triggers the real break.","spoiler_summary":"Garden of May Chapter 9 opens with sick Vanessa missing the boat party on the Dunster River, and her conversation with her friend about the gossip of the Duke of Battenberg's disappearance triggers the real break. As she looks at the blurry photo in the newspaper, she feels a sense of familiarity, while the Duke's scandals become a subject of mockery. 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