Once again Tony Peterson has me under his spell, as Cassandra has him under hers. He doesn't make promises that he can't keep, and he doesn't make excuses for himself.
Suddenly the relationship between Tony and Carolyn is supposed to have been potentially serious. I just don't see it. She was the rich girl with the rich tastes, and he was the regular guy. The idea seems to be that he would have been good for her - but what was he going to get in return that would be worth his effort? Whatever it was, it wouldn't have been enough. And what's this story Carolyn's telling about her perpetual bad luck with men? Joe would have married her. She was the one who messed up that relationship.
I have very little visual memory, but I do have this idea that Angelique's dress in the portrait is supposed to be brown, whereas after Sam aged the subject, the dress was green. Very mysterious. Also worth noting: the back of the original portrait is white, whereas the back of the aged portrait is brown. Careless.