"Jeez, this show is all out of sequence…" Danny Grumbled "they are showing things that did not happen till after we found out Amos history"
"I think that it is better that they are not too faithful" Amos said, accommodating himself "the idea is that people do not identify us too much with what they see on the screen"
"Yes" Heather agreed "Orczy wants us uncomfortable, but not in danger of discovery and possible catastrophe. He would have to pay a heavy price for it. Though I'd say that they made me nicer than I used to be" she sighed :"I am better now, but…"
"We understand. You do not need to castigate yourself further"
"Well, Amos, how does the show represent your family?"
"They made a mess of a couple of things. For one thing my uncle, Jacob, was the head of the family. My father, Lucas, was the younger son, and like too many younger sons, dependent on the goodwill of the eldest same as my aunt, Hepzibah, who yes, was a religious fanatic. My mother… her name was Prudence, had a heart condition, and had to be careful… and so we had to be around her.. My aunt was under the thrall of a Reverend Moore, and she made life hard for Margaret Lafferty, Mark's and Becky's governess, because she was a Catholic. Only Jacob's authority kept her within bounds in the thousand and one petty persecutions dear Auntie inflicted on the poor girl"
"Why did your uncle hire a Catholic governess?"
"She was cheaper than a proper Protestant one. Uncle did not see much sense in spending more money on servants that he had to. And then, he was going to bring in a French girl as his second wife, so he figured out that having another Catholic around would make things easier for his bride"
He was silent for a moment. Remembering was hard, even after all the time that had passed, the loss tugged at him. A whole family and friends, gone, their bones resting under the slabs of the cemetery…
They were drinking coffee, and the smell reached him. He remembered coffee; he remembered the taste of it… All gone now.
"We had Professor Romney's ancestor as a servant. Silas Romney. They had him played by a white actor in the show. I guess they were not in the mood of scratching those scars… too much current affairs… Romney had been a slave, but then Massachusetts abolished slavery… We were still part of Massachusetts then, there was no state of Maine, so Silas was kept as a bond servant. He was still bound to the family…
Jason has a son, Jimmy by his first wife, Hannah Rathbone… well, we know what her story was now. She had had a daughter, Keziah… a sweet child… And Hannah… Hannah… she… I wish I had known what she did… I could have saved Keziah…, well, I did save Lilah …
And then it was my friend, Lieutenant Joseph Porter…. Who was romancing my cousin Deborah.
"And that was all of them?"
"Yes, Genevieve did not bring any relatives with her….but no, there was someone else… Irina, my mistress."
Irina… short for Iridescent… she was of the Fae and he did not know it until it was too late…