A Walk in the Garden

“Come Lady Vanya,” Moira says. “Let us take a stroll through my garden of flowers.”

She walks ahead and Anna slowly follows her. Moira leads her towards a large landscape at the back of the castle where she grows her plants. Anna can smell at least a thousand different scents of flowers, some which she recognizes as roses, lilies, hibiscus and marigold. The air is gentle and breezy in the back garden and she can hear the sounds of running water somewhere.

Yet, Anna can feel all of this to be a farce. She cannot pinpoint on why she is having that feeling.

“I built a lake here so that my guests can sometimes take a ride on the boat,” Moira says. “It is quite nice out here. I sometimes come out here to relax and be alone…”