"Welcome back to the Flippy Gibbit show. I know commercials are the last thing we want to see when we are enjoying a show but thankfully that's over for now. You have met the hero of our playing field now it's time to meet another young man who is our main squeeze. Say hello to Charles St. Evermond Darnay Mannette
((Charles comes out and sits down))
"What kind of name is Flippy?"
"The kind my parents gave me. It's a weird name I know but I've grown to like it. So Charles why did you change your name twice? You changed your name when you got married as well as when you left France."
"Well to be honest my given name was distasteful to me"
((Audience mummers))
"Tell me how did you feel about the fact that Sydney was the father of your daughter?"
"Well I can't say I was thrilled about it"
((Audience mummers understanding))
"Why did you have a problem with it?"
"My friend got drunk off his ass and had sex with my wife unbeknownst to her. How happy would you have been if that were your friend and your husband?"
"Well I guess I wouldn't be too happy about it either. and yet you forgave him"
"Yes I did"
"However the time he struck... your child when he was drunk you actually slapped him. Explain why you forgave him for fathering your wife's child but you slapped him for striking her"
"The difference is that it is not okay to harm another human being"
"Did you ever make that choice?"
"Never have never would never will"
"Did it take you a long time to forgive him?"
"Is a year and a half a long time? That's how long it took him to become sober and he was not welcomed back in my house until he was sober."
"Lets move on. If you had known of the dangers that awaited you would you have gone to France?"
"Are you insane? Of course not"
"But the well being of an old friend was at stake"
"Yes and as much as I loved my friend 1) he'd already met his fate and 2) he's not as important as my family"
"That brings me to another point. Do you love your daughter?"
"Okay that has to be the dumbest question I eve heard"
"But you love her only a drop less then you love your wife right?"
"No. I love everyone in my family equally... in different ways of course."
"That's a relief I must say. But you referred to her once as Lucie's scarcely less dear namesake."
"In that I haven't loved her as long as I loved my wife and in that alone"
"How long did it take for you to love your daughter?"
"I loved her the second I saw her"
"Was it hard for you to see your daughter as your daughter knowing what your friend did?"
"Of course not. I actually was grateful to my friend after my daughter was born."
"Your daughter I understand is quite creative."
((Audience mummers))
"You can say that again. One time her little brother was dying and she heard her grandfather say by the time the last autumn leaves fall Chandler will be dead-"
"Chandler I assume is your son?"
"Well he's not my pet Elephant."
"So what happened?"
"My daughter went and got a whole bunch of belts from my closet and climbed the tree. When I asked her what she was doing she explained she was tying the leaves so they wouldn't come down so Chandler wouldn't die"
"Did it work?"
"I don't know if that was what caused his recovery or not but yes he recovered"
"Interesting what she used to tie the leaves wouldn't you say?"
"No I wouldn't. We're not savages. We don't raise our children through hitting or through punishment. We parent our childrene."
"You've never used punishment in your family?"
"Not once with the kids. There were a few times I nearly did with Lucie but Sydney put a stop to that real quick."
"You what?"
"Back in our days that was the norm. The only time I ever attempted that was when I felt like her life was in danger or the children's life was in danger."
"Well we'll hear more about that when we get back. Right now lets go to a quick commercial. This episode is sponsored by Gellet raisers. It cannot shave as close as the guillotine can but pretty close."