Garden of May — Chapter 23
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Dialogue Transcript Garden of May — Chapter 23 69
WAIT A MOMENT....
YOU'RE PLANNING TO POUR A STAGGERING AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO THIS INSIGNIFICANT PLACE,
BUT YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF MARRYING HER?
WHY ON EARTH NOT?!
BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A SINGLE BENEFIT TO BE GAINED FROM MARRIAGE.
IF ALL GOES WELL, THIS VENTURE WILL ELEVATE
THE SOMERSET FAMILY TO THE WEALTHIEST IN THE SOUTH.
THEN SHE WILL NO LONGER...
HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR OF MARRYING MEN BENEATH HER STATION...
SHE'LL BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE PLACE SHE LOVES,
DOING THE WORK SHE LOVES...
TO HER HEART'S CONTENT.
I SUPPOSE THAT MUCH...
WILL SERVE AS ADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR MY DECEPTION, FOR INDULGING IN HER ILLUSIONS.
....???
Any way, DOES THAT LADY EVEN KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SUCH LENGTHS WITH THIS BUSINESS?
IS THERE ANY NEED FOR HER TO KNOW?
THEODORE...
YOU ARE TRULY GOING TO REGRET THIS LATER...
SAY THAT AGAIN.
I SAID, SAY MY NAME AGAIN.
...SAY WHAT?
THEODORE?
THEODORE.
THEODORE...!
...WHY IS IT?
WHEN YOU SAY IT,
IT PUTS ME IN A FOUL MOOD.
MY LADY.
SHALL I FETCH THE MASTER FOR YOU?
NO, MARY.
BEFORE I QUESTION MY UNCLE...
I NEED TO CONFIRM SOMETHING FOR CERTAIN FIRST.
MY LADY...
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN TERRIBLY SHAKEN UP TODAY AS WELL. GO AND GET SOME REST.
AH, MARY.
JUST THE PERSON I WAS LOOKING FOR.
I WAS ACTUALLY JUST ABOUT TO CALL FOR YOU.
...WHAT IS THE OCCASION FOR SUCH GENEROSITY?
HAHA...
I RECEIVED A RATHER SPLENDID BUSINESS PROPOSAL TODAY.
WHO KNOWS?
IF THINGS GO WELL, I MIGHT JUST MAKE YOU A COUNTESS.
SO CONTINUE TO DO EXACTLY AS I SAY, MARY.
JUST AS OBEDIENTLY, AND AS SWEETLY
AS YOU ARE NOW.
NOW THEN, WHAT IS THE REASON YOU BOTH
TURNED BACK SO SUDDENLY ON YOUR WAY TO ESSEX TODAY?
...MY LADY HASN’T BEEN FEELING WELL SINCE LAST NIGHT.
AND SHE WAS QUITE SHAKEN UP BY THE CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.
HAS SHE BEEN DOING ANY- THING UNUSUAL LATELY?
I NEED TO FIND A TELEPHONE NEARBY TO BORROW.
TO TELL THEM AN URGENT MATTER HAS COME UP AND I WON’T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO ESSEX.
SHE HAS JUST BEEN GOING ABOUT HER DAYS AS USUAL.
AS ALWAYS, SHE HASN'T ASKED FOR MUCH.
HMM, IS THAT SO...?
NO NEW MAN SHE'S SEEING OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT?
NOT PARTICULARLY.
...MARY,
YOU KNOW I DESPISE LIARS.
PARDON?
I'M NOT LY—
YOU CRAZY BITCH.
DID VANESSA PAY YOU OFF?
TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN...?!
NO MAN SHE'S SEEING, YOU SAY?
THEN HOW ON EARTH...
WHERE AND HOW DID VANESSA MEET THE DUKE OF BATTENBERG?
Chapter 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.