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The scene then shifts to Vanessa's maid Mary, who wants to confirm the truth before confronting her uncle, and to the uncle interrogating Mary; the uncle tries to learn about the Essex trip, the carriage accident, and Vanessa's meeting with the Duke of Battenberg.","key_events":["Interlocutor warns Theodore he will regret decision, leading to tense name exchange.","Uncle threatens Mary as liar and interrogates her about Duke of Battenberg meeting.","Vanessa tells maid Mary not to call master and must confirm something before speaking to uncle.","Vanessa needs borrowed telephone to cancel Essex trip due to urgent business.","Theodore aims to make Somerset family richest in south so woman can live freely.","Uncle promises Mary obedience reward of becoming countess after generous job offer.","Theodore views investment as payment for his deception and using woman's dreams.","Mary claims Vanessa is unwell and shaken by carriage accident, denies new man.","Theodore plans large investment in insignificant place with no intention to marry for benefit."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"WAIT A MOMENT....\nYOU'RE PLANNING TO POUR A STAGGERING AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO THIS INSIGNIFICANT PLACE,\nBUT YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF MARRYING HER?\nWHY ON EARTH NOT?!\n\nBECAUSE THERE ISN'T A SINGLE BENEFIT TO BE GAINED FROM MARRIAGE.\nIF ALL GOES WELL, THIS VENTURE WILL ELEVATE\nTHE SOMERSET FAMILY TO THE WEALTHIEST IN THE SOUTH.\nTHEN SHE WILL NO LONGER...\nHAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR OF MARRYING MEN BENEATH HER STATION...\n\nSHE'LL BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE PLACE SHE LOVES,\nDOING THE WORK SHE LOVES...\nTO HER HEART'S CONTENT.\nI SUPPOSE THAT MUCH...\n\nWILL SERVE AS ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR MY DECEPTION, FOR INDULGING IN HER ILLUSIONS.\n....???\nAny way, DOES THAT LADY EVEN KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SUCH LENGTHS WITH THIS BUSINESS?\nIS THERE ANY NEED FOR HER TO KNOW?\nTHEODORE...\n\nYOU ARE TRULY GOING TO REGRET THIS LATER...\nSAY THAT AGAIN.\nI SAID, SAY MY NAME AGAIN.\n...SAY WHAT?\nTHEODORE?\n\nTHEODORE.\nTHEODORE...!\n...WHY IS IT?\n\nWHEN YOU SAY IT,\nIT PUTS ME IN A FOUL MOOD.\n\nMY LADY.\n\nSHALL I FETCH THE MASTER FOR YOU?\nNO, MARY.\n\nBEFORE I QUESTION MY UNCLE...\nI NEED TO CONFIRM SOMETHING FOR CERTAIN FIRST.\nMY LADY...\n\nYOU MUST HAVE BEEN TERRIBLY SHAKEN UP TODAY AS WELL. GO AND GET SOME REST.\n\nAH, MARY.\nJUST THE PERSON I WAS LOOKING FOR.\n\nI WAS ACTUALLY JUST ABOUT TO CALL FOR YOU.\n...WHAT IS THE OCCASION FOR SUCH GENEROSITY?\n\nHAHA...\nI RECEIVED A RATHER SPLENDID BUSINESS PROPOSAL TODAY.\nWHO KNOWS?\n\nIF THINGS GO WELL, I MIGHT JUST MAKE YOU A COUNTESS.\nSO CONTINUE TO DO EXACTLY AS I SAY, MARY.\nJUST AS OBEDIENTLY, AND AS SWEETLY\n\nAS YOU ARE NOW.\nNOW THEN, WHAT IS THE REASON YOU BOTH\nTURNED BACK SO SUDDENLY ON YOUR WAY TO ESSEX TODAY?\n...MY LADY HASN’T BEEN FEELING WELL SINCE LAST NIGHT.\nAND SHE WAS QUITE SHAKEN UP BY THE CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.\n\nHAS SHE BEEN DOING ANY- THING UNUSUAL LATELY?\nI NEED TO FIND A TELEPHONE NEARBY TO BORROW.\nTO TELL THEM AN URGENT MATTER HAS COME UP AND I WON’T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO ESSEX.\nSHE HAS JUST BEEN GOING ABOUT HER DAYS AS USUAL.\nAS ALWAYS, SHE HASN'T ASKED FOR MUCH.\n\nHMM, IS THAT SO...?\nNO NEW MAN SHE'S SEEING OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT?\nNOT PARTICULARLY.\n...MARY,\nYOU KNOW I DESPISE LIARS.\nPARDON?\nI'M NOT LY—\n\nYOU CRAZY BITCH.\nDID VANESSA PAY YOU OFF?\nTO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT?\nWHAT DO YOU MEAN...?!\n\nNO MAN SHE'S SEEING, YOU SAY?\nTHEN HOW ON EARTH...\nWHERE AND HOW DID VANESSA MEET THE DUKE OF BATTENBERG?","bubble_count":69,"pages_count":20,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Garden of May Chapter 35 opens with Theodore investing a large sum in a place considered insignificant while refusing to marry, and deals with the tension created by this decision.","spoiler_summary":"Garden of May Chapter 35 opens with Theodore investing a large sum in a place considered insignificant while refusing to marry, and deals with the tension created by this decision. Theodore says the venture will make the Somerset family rich, allow the woman he loves to live where she wants, and that this will be the price for his own deception. The scene then shifts to Vanessa's maid Mary, who wants to confirm the truth before confronting her uncle, and to the uncle interrogating Mary; the uncle tries to learn about the Essex trip, the carriage accident, and Vanessa's meeting with the Duke of Battenberg."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/garden-of-may-siz3a4k4/chapter-24-yaazdd","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Garden of May #24: Chapter 23","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-10T16:23:05.622Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/garden-of-may-siz3a4k4"}}