A generous present

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  1. antlay31 says:

    Non Ms Puddle les années ne sont pas inscrites, mais ceux sont des fans de Terry qui ont établi une chronologie à partir des différentes lettres de CCFS, cela correspond à peu près à la votre.

  2. antlay31 says:

    Sur des spoilers en France la lettre de Candy à Archibald aurait été écrite vers 1920 et le décès de Suzana en 1923 (Notice nécrologique volume II page 281) Quoi qu’il en soit 1918 ou 1920 Candy écrit : “He wants me to be always by his side and I don’t want to be away from him either”
    On sait que Terry est resté avec Suzana jusqu’à sa mort.
    Donc en 1918 ou 1920 de qui Candy parle t-elle ? Cela ne peux pas être Terry donc il ne peut s’ agir que d’Albert !

    • Ms Puddle says:

      Interesting, Antlay! Is it clearly written in CCFS that Susanna died in 1923? Or Candy wrote to Archie in 1920?
      In the spoilers we have the years weren’t clear at all. So far I was only guessing the years based on the hints in Candy’s letters or recollection. Sigh.

  3. Quevivacandy says:

    What? Is there a sequel? I didn’t know that! I have to read it. 😀 thanks for the data.

    About CC, I always have thought Mizuki based the story on DLL so if in the sequel it says Jervis bought the orphanage as present to Judy, and they were already married, it’s so easy to think the same about C&A. but I don’t think they were already married at the grand opening but in a secret relation. (yep, TGO happened before the reconstruction)

    I Used to think Albert bought the lands because Mr Cartwright had financial crisis and had to sell them, but now, it doesn’t seem that way. It was a present to Candy because he loves her and wants to make her happy.

    I also agree with you why Candy left Pony’s Home, it was because she was getting married. There is no other reason to do it.

    I’m thinking about the new house… If Candy accepted the land, why not a new house if she was going to live there for a ‘long time’? If so, surely he would persuaded her to build it. I guess it didn’t happen because she already knew she will leaving soon (getting married) so left that decision on her foster mothers and they, declined. What do you think about it?

    • Ms Puddle says:

      Yes QuevivaCandy!! There’s a sequel, in which Sallie McBride was the main character. She wrote many, many letters to Judy, reporting the progress of the reform or lots of problems in the orphanage, and sometimes Sallie wrote to others as well.

      We could tell from the letters that Judy and Jervis were happily married, and she followed her husband to various business trips. Yet, Judy almost always responded with cheques of hundreds of dollars from Jervis to upgrade the orphanage.

      I’ve always thought for a lady to accept a huge monetary gift from a man says a lot about their relationship. So, like you, I believe Candy and Albert were a couple already, and that was why she accepted his present and also persuaded her foster mothers to do so such that she could leave Pony’s Home with peace of mind. About building a new house, that was probably Albert’s original intention, but perhaps it involved way more money, so as you said, since Candy wouldn’t be staying, Miss Pony and Sister Lane didn’t want to take advantage of Albert’s kindness. 🙂

  4. Reeka says:

    Ms Puddle! This whole post is beautiful. I’m on my way to meet a friend and I’m having teary eyes now. I truly can feel Albert’s love through your words.

    I’ll talk to you again later in a much much longer comment. I won’t fail you!

    • Ms Puddle says:

      Hello Reeka! Glad you found the post beautiful! I hope your friend didn’t worry too much about your teary eyes though. 😛 Anyway, thank you so much for your encouragement. This was the post in my mind when I was writing the previous post. You see I couldn’t possibly fit everything in one post, and I need to organize my thoughts and plan ahead. 🙂

      Looking forward to reading a long comment from you, Reeka! 🙂

  5. EnakaT says:

    Hm, the term ‘us’ sounds like they’re already a couple…when did Albert propose to Candy? Perhaps BEFORE or AFTER the reconstruction. ; )

    That Albert’s good deed reminds me of an actor Mr. Jet Li who married an actress. [ I know they’re not CC related, but it’s the generosity that hit me lol. I find JL another example of Albert’s good deed. ] When they were steady boyfriend + girlfriend back then, his wife had troubles with her business. Like Candy, the Pony’s Home was important to her, same with JL’s wife, her business was important to her. Probably a family business which her father started. Mr. Jet Li was already a popular actor, and apparently very wealthy out of his great movies. He loves this woman so much he was willing to help her by offering his money in order to save her business. He wanted her to be happy. Her business was saved. After few months later, they got married. Would you believe Jet Li was SO shy, he courted his wife by telephone??? : D It’s still sweet, though

    So I believe that Albert was already in love with Candy before this reconstruction occurred. And then, he’d propose to her to become his wife maybe after the reconstruction, jmo ; ) Lucky Candy.

    Plus, I agree with you on those 3 you mentioned! : D

    • Ms Puddle says:

      Hi EnakaT, since I don’t know the original text in Japanese, from the spoilers it does seem the word “us” implies that Candy and Albert were already a couple. 😛 About when he proposed to her, we can only guess. 🙂

      Thanks for sharing the real story of Jet Li with us. That was so sweet of him, and in fact, a man won’t spend his hard-earned money just on anyone, right? And for a woman to accept a man’s money it also means a lot.

      Yes Candy was lucky indeed to have Albert always supporting her and put her happiness before his. Thanks for reading the post, EnakaT! Have a good day! 😀

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