Garden of May - Chapter 2

Dialogue Transcript Garden of May — Chapter 2 60

WHO IS THAT?

I’VE NEVER SEEN THAT GARDENER BEFORE.

UM,

EXCUSE ME...

MY LADY!

I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE?

MARY, THAT MAN—

WHAT MAN?

WAS SOMEONE THERE?

SHE'S WATCHING YOU AGAIN.

LADY VANESSA, I MEAN.

SHE’S BEEN FOLLOWING YOU AROUND FOR A WEEK STRAIGHT.

IT SEEMS SHE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU. PERHAPS YOU SHOULD HAVE A WORD WITH HER...

WHY SHOULD I?

IT’LL JUST BE THE SAME BORING LINES. "I FELL FOR YOU AT FIRST SIGHT." "WHAT’S YOUR NAME?"

NO POINT IN PROVING IT.

BUT...

IT SEEMS SHE'S FALLEN FOR YOU QUITE HARD, CAPTAIN.

WOULDN'T IT BE BEST TO TELL HER YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY THE GARDENER RIVER ROSS?

SHE PROBABLY DOESN'T REMEMBER ME, BUT WE USED TO PLAY TOGETHER OFTEN WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, SO—

SIGH

What I Mean Is—!

I IMPLORE YOU! COULD YOU AT LEAST CHANGE YOUR LODGINGS?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY LODGINGS?

I CAN'T STOP WORRYING ABOUT YOU STAYING IN THE GARDEN SHED!

OR HOW ABOUT STAYING AT A NEARBY VILLA...?

It Must Be So Uncomfortable For You!

LOOK.

RIGHT NOW, I AM RIVER ROSS, THE HELPFUL NEPHEW OF THE SOMERSET'S GARDENER, MR. ROSS.

I THINK LUXURIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS WOULD BLOW MY COVER, WOULDN'T YOU AGREE?

BUT—

AND NO DOUBT THE NEWS WILL REACH A CERTAIN OLD WOMAN RIGHT AWAY.

THEN I'LL BE DRAGGED STRAIGHT TO THAT SUFFOCATING WEDDING HALL

AND FORCED INTO THE MOST DREADFUL MARRIAGE IN THE WORLD.

If That's The Ending You Want...

C-captain...

IN ANY CASE, I'M QUITE ENJOYING MYSELF RIGHT NOW,

SO YOU'D DO WELL TO PUT ASIDE YOUR POINTLESS WORRYING.

BUT I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND

WHAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY FIND ENJOYABLE ABOUT THIS PLACE.

THIS OLD-FASHIONED BACKWATER...

IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR A SECRET ESCAPADE.

THE HUMBLE ACT OF GROWING FRUIT TREES IN THE GARDEN.

THE IMITATION ART HANGING IN EVERY HALLWAY,

AND THE LOW-QUALITY CARPETS.

EVEN THE FAMILY CREST, MADE OF COPPER INSTEAD OF GOLD.

AND YET,

IN A PLACE AS UNREFINED AND HUMBLE AS THIS,

IF THERE IS ONE THING OF ANY VALUE AT ALL...

EXCUSE ME...

COULD I SPEAK WITH YOU FOR A MOMENT?

I'M A LITTLE BUSY RIGHT NOW.

R-RIVER ROSS...!

I HAVE A PROPOSITION FOR YOU.

A PROPOSITION?

I MEAN...

WHAT I MEAN IS...

I WOULD LIKE

TO BUY YOU.

Chapter Summary

In the Garden of May, Lady Vanessa notices a gardener she has never seen before and wonders who he is while her maid Mary comes looking for her. The man she has been following around for a week is actually a captain disguised as River Ross, pretending to be the nephew of the Somersets' gardener, Mr. Ross. Continuing to hide his identity and stay in the garden shed, the captain explains that he escaped from being forced into marriage, and finally Vanessa appears before him and says she wants to buy him.