Pansy doesn't waste any time when she holds a séance. No messing around with "We seek a spirit." No, she jumps straight to "Are you spirits here yet or what?" I suddenly imagined the drawing room swarming with spirits. Incidentally, I was thinking to myself that it was quite daring of her to hold a séance. Charity may be out there looking for an opportunity to reclaim her own body.
I was surprised that Angelique hadn't heard yet about Julia's disappearance. I would have thought she would have checked up on her a bit more. And Angelique was planning to go away the following night! Apparently Petofi was planning to go through with the marriage and go off with her, and, I suppose, continue his experimentation with I Ching elsewhere. Was he planning to take Aristede along? Angelique might have smelt a rat if he did.
Kitty's wonderfully tough - turning her weakness into a strength. Meanwhile, we learned a little more about what happened to Gerald, assuming that Petofi's telling the truth - but I think that's a safe assumption. I don't remember any of this, so I don't know if we get any more information. When was Edward in England? Quite some time ago, if Gerald has been tried for theft and served a jail sentence since Edward was there. Gerald should have committed suicide before his jail sentence rather than after - isn't that the stiff-upper-lipped British way of doing things? - but for all I know it was impossible, owing to some detail of Petofi's persecution.
What does Kitty think of Gerald? She acts like a loyal, grieving widow, but that doesn't prove anything.
