Page 28 – That Shrewd Ghost
Original Script
Cut to Madame wiping off her hair with a rag while looking at herself in a hand mirror. The boy giggles and winks at Jane. MADAME This ghost is shrewd, yet he fears me. His attempt to distract will not deter me. Dad carries Harriet away in a bird cage. MADAME Misunderstanding Jane’s sour expression. Do not fear, girl. While I am here nothing can harm you. MADAME Relights a candle. Boy. The lights.
The kid seems to suspect that Jane had something to do with the “bombing run”–I like him already. 🙂
Me too. He knows what’s going on. Looks like Jane and Sir Tyree lost one accomplice and picked up one.
Jane’s expression in panel 5 says it all. This is far from over.
Just know that I’m smiling like an idiot, but I must stay mum or let slip some clue one of you Sherlocks will use to unravel future events. 😀
I think Jane actually despises the medium more than she does the ghost at this point, which is darn impressive considering how much she just got duped by said ghost.
I like to imagine Sir Tyree just offscreen, looking incredibly bored.
“If they’re going to send a charlatan, they could at least have sent an entertaining one. Would it kill her to break into song or something? Eh, her singing is probably as bad as her fashion sense anyway.”
Lol. Don’t worry, she hasn’t gotten to the best part of her show. But, the Guild of Mediums takes a dim view of belting out a musical number during a seance. They claim it’s unprofessional or something.
given that magic exists and ghosts exist, it seems reasonable that there may be an uncommon medium with real powers – a medium rare, if you will. i can imagine sir tyree, being outed, filling the families ears with some sort of self serving lie and jane futilely trying to counter it. and what would such a medium make of jane? incidentally, in a way, jane is such a medium. is her distaste professional rivalry?
“Medium rare” 😀 hehe!
Jane’s the only one who can see and hear Sir Ghost, but there could be others out there–both ghosts and/or real mediums.
Jane should totally make bank off her situation. Get the ghost to help her cheat at cards, take her strength and immortality act on the road, or start a cult of personality. She may need it since her TV interview had several unforeseen ripple effects. Dun-dun-dun!
I hope that Madame’s assistant “Boy” gets a proper name, unless “boy” is his legal name. If so, that’s gotta suck…
Boy Boy Jr., named for his dad Dr. Boy Boy Sr.
Just kidding. He has a name. Several in fact.
Nothing can harm her anyway. She fell off a blimp unscathed, for pity’s sake. There’s nothing you can do.