And these
are the last ten chapters of this book (you can return to chapters 1-15;
chapters 16-30; or 31-45 if want to grab the whole complete chapters).
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| Portrait Of Madame Gaudibert (Monet) |
Lord
Warburton’s proposal letter had never arrived, and when Osmond had been impatient,
Warburton appeared himself only to say good bye as he’d be leaving Rome. Osmond
blamed his great disappointment to Isabel, and still bore hope that someday
Lord Warburton would still think about marrying Pansy.
Chapter 47
Caspar
Goodwood had already overcome his broken heart; and Isabel made him promise to
take care of the dying Ralph for her. Meanwhile, Osmond like Goodwood more than
Isabel’s other friends.
Chapter 48
Ralph
decided to come home to die at peace; Henrietta was willingly to escort him, as
well as Caspar Goodwood who was asked his favor by Isable. Ralph did not
believe that Isabel was happy, but could never extract the truth from Isabel;
so did Goodwood who must leave Rome unsatisfied. Here Isabel seemed eager to send
everyone away from her.
Chapter 49
Madame Merle
blamed Isabel because she has failed to marry Pansy to Lord Warburton. On the
other hand, Isabel now fully realized that Madame Merle had cunningly set up
her marriage.
Chapter 50
Edward
Rosier had sold his precious collections in order to be “rich enough” for
Osmond, to marry his daughter; however Osmond made a quick decision to put
Pansy in the convent. Meanwhile Countess Gemini was fond of Rosier, and Osmond
threatened to banish her if she interfered with his business.
Chapter 51
Ralph was
dying, but when Isabel wanted to leave for England to attend to Ralph’s dying
bed, Osmond forbade her. Countess Gemini revealed to Isabel that in fact Osmond
was Madame Merle’s old lover, and that Pansy was their daughter.
Chapter 52
Isabel
finally decided to leave after all, alone. She stopped by the convent to see
Pansy, but met Madame Merle there. The later finally realized that Isabel had
learned about her secret, and took revenge by telling her that Ralph was in
fact the one who had made her fortune.
Chapter 53
Henrietta
was going to marry Mr. Bantling and surprisingly left her beloved native land—America—to
live in England.
Chapter 54
At
Gardencourt Isabel heard news that Lord Warburton was going to marry a lady he
had courted only three weeks. Isabel accompanied Ralph beside his dying bed,
and they talked every think they had been hiding until then. Although Isabel
always hid it, Ralph always understood that she was unhappy. They were having a
happy time to feel their love until Ralph finally left the world in peace.
Chapter 55
After the
funeral, Isabel was confused, she could not make her mind of what she should
do, should she return although she knew Osmond would be very angry to her? Lord
Warburton came to bid her good bey; while Caspar Goodwood came to tell Isabel
that Raplh—before he died—has asked him to take good care of Isabel. With that,
Goodwood suggested that Isabel should leave her husband and marry him instead.
After a passionate act from Goodwood, Isabel suddenly knew what she must do;
she must go home. And with that—once again—Isabel sent Goodwood away.
Ugh! I hated this ending. It was awful. What did you think?
ReplyDeleteWell, it's not a "happily ever after" indeed, but at least Isabel finally found freedom in her limited situation. She's still under Osmond's power, but she wasn't intimidated anymore by him. Her flee to Gardencourt showed that.
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