Elizabeth looked at her granddaughter with a look of surprise.
"My grandmother Marguerite? Why would you want to know about
her? Is this why you have been acting strange the last couple of
weeks? Why this sudden interest in her?" she stated and as she
got up and put away their picnic.
"It's not sudden. Please Aunt. I want to know about her," Catherine touched her arm. Elizabeth immediately stopped what she was doing and looked at Catherine.
"What would you like to know?"
"I guess I want know what happened to her, what life for her was like."
"You already know what happened to her. You read Edward Malone's books."
"Yes, but I want the real story. I want to know what happened after she left the lost plateau…with Lord John Roxton. And…I want to know if she ever found out who her parents were."
Elizabeth's face fell. "I see. Who have you spoken to about this?"
"Just Mr.…someone who is looking into it for me." Having said that she pulled out the journal. "This is why I'm so curious."
"Where did you get this? Tell me where did you get this?!" she grabbed the book.
"I'm sorry Aunt. I didn't mean to upset you! I just want to know."
Elizabeth was holding tightly to the book as she looked out again at the rolling green hills. In a whispering voice she says, "I will tell you everything."
…Back at the house…
"Catherine, please follow me to the study. Mildred, please bring us tea in the study." Elizabeth went to the desk and sat down there.
"How much do you know?"
Catherine looked at her and walked towards the fireplace. She looked back at her aunt and then sat down in the chair. "I know that Marguerite and Lord John became lovers. He loved her very much. But she left and didn't leave a trace of where. He looked everywhere, but by the time he found her, she was already married. He in turn never married."
"It's true. All of it, but you don't know her reasons." Elizabeth opened the bottom drawer and took out a wooden box. She opened it and took out some letters. "These will tell you why she did what she did." She held them for Catherine to take them. "Read them one out loud."
Catherine opened the first letter. It said:
iMy dearest John,
I know that you are upset with me. I left without saying good bye. But I had to. I worked for powerful people who are still after me even after all of this time. I know that we had agreed that together we could face everything, but some things will never go away. All those demons won't leave me alone.
Knowing you has been the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me. You are a true gentleman. I wish we had met under different circumstances. You are a man of honor. But you can't have a wife that was once known as the Black Widow of Vienna. You are a lord. On the contrary have nothing to offer you.
But I want you to know that I will always love you. You will always be in my heart. I just hope that one day, some day, you can forgive me.
Marguerite i
"It's not sudden. Please Aunt. I want to know about her," Catherine touched her arm. Elizabeth immediately stopped what she was doing and looked at Catherine.
"What would you like to know?"
"I guess I want know what happened to her, what life for her was like."
"You already know what happened to her. You read Edward Malone's books."
"Yes, but I want the real story. I want to know what happened after she left the lost plateau…with Lord John Roxton. And…I want to know if she ever found out who her parents were."
Elizabeth's face fell. "I see. Who have you spoken to about this?"
"Just Mr.…someone who is looking into it for me." Having said that she pulled out the journal. "This is why I'm so curious."
"Where did you get this? Tell me where did you get this?!" she grabbed the book.
"I'm sorry Aunt. I didn't mean to upset you! I just want to know."
Elizabeth was holding tightly to the book as she looked out again at the rolling green hills. In a whispering voice she says, "I will tell you everything."
…Back at the house…
"Catherine, please follow me to the study. Mildred, please bring us tea in the study." Elizabeth went to the desk and sat down there.
"How much do you know?"
Catherine looked at her and walked towards the fireplace. She looked back at her aunt and then sat down in the chair. "I know that Marguerite and Lord John became lovers. He loved her very much. But she left and didn't leave a trace of where. He looked everywhere, but by the time he found her, she was already married. He in turn never married."
"It's true. All of it, but you don't know her reasons." Elizabeth opened the bottom drawer and took out a wooden box. She opened it and took out some letters. "These will tell you why she did what she did." She held them for Catherine to take them. "Read them one out loud."
Catherine opened the first letter. It said:
iMy dearest John,
I know that you are upset with me. I left without saying good bye. But I had to. I worked for powerful people who are still after me even after all of this time. I know that we had agreed that together we could face everything, but some things will never go away. All those demons won't leave me alone.
Knowing you has been the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me. You are a true gentleman. I wish we had met under different circumstances. You are a man of honor. But you can't have a wife that was once known as the Black Widow of Vienna. You are a lord. On the contrary have nothing to offer you.
But I want you to know that I will always love you. You will always be in my heart. I just hope that one day, some day, you can forgive me.
Marguerite i