His last memory is of the day he found Margaret alone on the island they declared their love for one another, and when he saw Margaret glowing indistinctly in the moonlight, Chris felt that neither Margaret nor his feelings for her could ever change. He and the innkeeper’s shy, thoughtful daughter, Margaret Allington, would sit and talk for hours. While visiting his Uncle Ambrose, Chris used to walk to the Monkey Island Inn. After Kitty storms off to bed, Chris begins to talk to Jenny about the last memories that feel real to him-his visits to Monkey Island 15 years ago. Chris explains to Kitty that he must see Margaret, and she agrees, but Jenny notices the hateful expression on Kitty’s face. Kitty changes into a white dress for dinner, hoping to remind Chris of their wedding day, to no avail.
It’s immediately clear that he does not recognize Kitty and is jarred by Jenny’s age and the remodeled house.
Frank warns Jenny to prepare Kitty for the shock of Chris’s homecoming.Ī week later, Chris returns to Baldry Court. When Chris learned that it was actually 1916, he fainted.
When Frank asked Chris what Kitty thought of all this, Chris didn’t know who Kitty was-he thought it was still 1901. Frank found Chris in a strange state-acting “boyishly” and claiming to be in love with a girl named Margaret Allington. The next morning, Jenny receives a letter from a cousin, Frank Baldry, who received a telegram from Chris and went to visit him in the Red Cross hospital in France. Kitty tells Jenny that whether Chris has truly gone mad or has secretly harbored affection for this objectionable woman, he’s lost to them either way. Margaret hands them a telegram from Chris that was sent to her old residence, then leaves in tears. Kitty doesn’t believe Margaret, questions her harshly, and finally dismisses her as a fraud, making Jenny uncomfortable. Grey (Margaret) claims to have received word that Chris has suffered shell-shock on the front. In the hall, Kitty and Jenny find an unfashionably dressed, work-worn woman who’s clearly lower-class. Kitty has never heard of her and doesn’t know anyone from the suburbs, but she figures the woman is looking for charity. William Grey from neighboring Wealdstone. Even before the war, Chris’s life had been difficult-he inherited his father’s failing business and a job he didn’t want, and his and Kitty’s baby son, Oliver, died five years ago.Ī visitor arrives at Baldry Court- Mrs. She tries to take comfort in the beautiful house and grounds they’ve worked so hard to maintain for Chris, believing that these rich surroundings make him happy and content. Chris’s cousin, Jenny, who lives at Baldry Court with Kitty and has been devoted to Chris all her life, is also worried. Kitty Baldry hasn’t heard from her husband, Chris, who’s fighting on the Western Front, for two weeks, but she’s trying not to fret.
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