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Old House - Angelique and Jeb sit bare inches apart, looking almost intimate. Only the fireplace glows. Isn't it considerate of me, she asks, keeping us in the dark, just the two of us, as if we were alone. Yes, but it waits for me, says Jeb, for one little bit of light, and you know that as well as I do. Barnabas told me you're in love, says Ang--I'm a great believer in love. Please, Jeb begs, take the shadow off me. Make it disappear? she asks, I can't do that--it must kill. Why? asks Jeb--you can do it. I can't, she says, but you can, if you're willing--do you still have the paper cutout I placed on your heart?--all you must do is place it on the heart of another. I can't kill anyone now, protests Jeb. How you've changed, remarks Angelique[/spoiler]
Maggie sits in the drawing room, wondering, why hasn't Quentin come back?--he must realize how terrible this is for me...is he so obsessed with Angelique that I don't matter at all? The front door opens; we see only legs--it's Roger, and Maggie is disappointed. Still waiting up? he asks, the champagne glass still in his hand--"That's bad form, you know. Most husbands don't like their wives sitting up waiting for them, especially..." Good night, she says angrily. Roger goes on--"Especially in a marriage like this!" You don't know anything about my marriage, she says.Don't forget, he says, I lived through the last one in this house, so I know--by comparison. You're drunk, she accuses distastefully.[/spoiler]