Post by Optimism is my Phil-osophy on Oct 1, 2019 9:45:08 GMT -5
Well, for a long time the identity of the swimming woman was completely unknown. I come, through this text, just to name a very mysterious woman. I thought it was a woman named Beatrice. But now I recognize that the swimmer is more likely to be called Violet. To understand how I came to this conclusion, you need to read my previous text about SG. In the end I explained that the scene showing the TGU opening its mouth and swallowing the Q brothers, one of them shouted the name “Violet”. (The End chapter 13). I always wondered why. I thought that meant one of the Q brothers had seen a woman like Beatrice’s eldest daughter. But now I believe he saw a woman who was also called “Violet”. This conclusion finally explains the ending of TGG. You may recall that the Q submarine received a telegram containing a complex secret code that used word substitution from a specific book to hide the code. Observe the scene in TGG chapter 12 and 13:
Chapter 12 -
It’s from Quigley Quagmire,“ she said quietly. Klaus’s eyes widened in astonishment. "What does he say?” he asked. Violet smiled as the telegram finished printing, her finger touching the Q in her friend’s name. It was almost as if knowing that Quigley was alive was enough of a message. “ ‘It is my understanding that you have three additional volunteers on board STOP,’ ” she read, remembering that “STOP” indicates the end of a sentence in a telegram. “ 'We are in desperate need of their services for a most urgent matter STOP. Please deliver them Tuesday to the location indicated in the rhymes below STOP.’ ”
Chapter 13:
Yes,“ Klaus said. "It took me a while to find the specific stanza, but here it is. Quigley wrote: 'O Oysters, come and walk with us!’ The Walrus did beseech. 'A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, Along the movie theater.’ ” “Yes,” Violet said. “But what does the actual poem say?” Klaus read, “'O Oysters, come and walk with us!’ The Walrus did beseech. 'A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, Along the briny beach.’ ” Klaus closed the book and looked up at his sisters. “Quigley wants us to meet him tomorrow,” he said, “at Briny Beach.”
[…]
“No,” Violet said again, and reached into the pocket of her uniform. She held up the telegram to her siblings and read: “At the pink hour when the eyes and back Turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits Like a pony throbbing party… "That’s what’s in the telegram.” She paused, and scanned the horizon of the beach. Something caught her eye, and she gave her siblings a faint smile. “The real poem,” she said, “goes like this: "At the violet hour when the eyes and back Turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits Like a taxi throbbing waiting.” “Verse Fluctuation Declaration,” Klaus said. “Code,” Sunny said. “What are you talking about?” Mr. Poe demanded. “What is going on?” “The missing words,” Violet said to her siblings, as if the coughing banker had not spoken, “are 'violet,’ 'taxi,’ and 'waiting.’ We’re not supposed to go with Mr. Poe. We’re supposed to get into a taxi.”
[…]
What do you think the word 'violet’ means?“ Klaus murmured to his sister. "The taxi isn’t purple.” “More code,” Sunny guessed. “Maybe,” Violet said. “Or maybe Quigley just wanted to write my name.”
Well, Klaus’s sister’s answer never convinced me. This seems to be a tip from Daniel Handler, not a declaration of love from Quigley. The telegram was written by Quigley, and the way the telegram was written indicates that Quigley was trying to communicate with submarine occupants other than the three Baudelaire. He refers to the Baudelaires in the third person, saying “It is my understanding that you have three additional volunteers on board”. “We are in desperate need of THEIR services”. “deliver THEM”. So Quigley wrote the message thinking that this would be read by who is supposed to be on the submarine, and these people should drive the three Baudelaires to the indicated beach. Thus, the message “Violet, taxi waiting” was not written thinking that our Violet would read it. The message was written thinking that someone else from that submarine ship would read. Who would this person be? Someone named Violet. But the original occupants of the crew were Captain W, Fiona and Phil. But there was a fourth person Quigley believes would be there on that submarine when the telegram arrived. A woman, also called Violet. This second Violet was the one who took the sugar bowl and Quigley believed he saw this woman when TGU opened its mouth and saved them. Was she Captain W’s wife? Maybe that’s why Beatrice’s daughter is called “Violet,” named after Captain W’s supposedly dead wife? And that’s why she managed to convince Captain W to abandon the Q submarine? Perhaps.
Note: Well ... Little by little I'm self-sabotaging ... I believed the mysterious woman was Beatrice ... But now I see that it probably wasn't Beatrice.
Chapter 12 -
It’s from Quigley Quagmire,“ she said quietly. Klaus’s eyes widened in astonishment. "What does he say?” he asked. Violet smiled as the telegram finished printing, her finger touching the Q in her friend’s name. It was almost as if knowing that Quigley was alive was enough of a message. “ ‘It is my understanding that you have three additional volunteers on board STOP,’ ” she read, remembering that “STOP” indicates the end of a sentence in a telegram. “ 'We are in desperate need of their services for a most urgent matter STOP. Please deliver them Tuesday to the location indicated in the rhymes below STOP.’ ”
Chapter 13:
Yes,“ Klaus said. "It took me a while to find the specific stanza, but here it is. Quigley wrote: 'O Oysters, come and walk with us!’ The Walrus did beseech. 'A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, Along the movie theater.’ ” “Yes,” Violet said. “But what does the actual poem say?” Klaus read, “'O Oysters, come and walk with us!’ The Walrus did beseech. 'A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, Along the briny beach.’ ” Klaus closed the book and looked up at his sisters. “Quigley wants us to meet him tomorrow,” he said, “at Briny Beach.”
[…]
“No,” Violet said again, and reached into the pocket of her uniform. She held up the telegram to her siblings and read: “At the pink hour when the eyes and back Turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits Like a pony throbbing party… "That’s what’s in the telegram.” She paused, and scanned the horizon of the beach. Something caught her eye, and she gave her siblings a faint smile. “The real poem,” she said, “goes like this: "At the violet hour when the eyes and back Turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits Like a taxi throbbing waiting.” “Verse Fluctuation Declaration,” Klaus said. “Code,” Sunny said. “What are you talking about?” Mr. Poe demanded. “What is going on?” “The missing words,” Violet said to her siblings, as if the coughing banker had not spoken, “are 'violet,’ 'taxi,’ and 'waiting.’ We’re not supposed to go with Mr. Poe. We’re supposed to get into a taxi.”
[…]
What do you think the word 'violet’ means?“ Klaus murmured to his sister. "The taxi isn’t purple.” “More code,” Sunny guessed. “Maybe,” Violet said. “Or maybe Quigley just wanted to write my name.”
Well, Klaus’s sister’s answer never convinced me. This seems to be a tip from Daniel Handler, not a declaration of love from Quigley. The telegram was written by Quigley, and the way the telegram was written indicates that Quigley was trying to communicate with submarine occupants other than the three Baudelaire. He refers to the Baudelaires in the third person, saying “It is my understanding that you have three additional volunteers on board”. “We are in desperate need of THEIR services”. “deliver THEM”. So Quigley wrote the message thinking that this would be read by who is supposed to be on the submarine, and these people should drive the three Baudelaires to the indicated beach. Thus, the message “Violet, taxi waiting” was not written thinking that our Violet would read it. The message was written thinking that someone else from that submarine ship would read. Who would this person be? Someone named Violet. But the original occupants of the crew were Captain W, Fiona and Phil. But there was a fourth person Quigley believes would be there on that submarine when the telegram arrived. A woman, also called Violet. This second Violet was the one who took the sugar bowl and Quigley believed he saw this woman when TGU opened its mouth and saved them. Was she Captain W’s wife? Maybe that’s why Beatrice’s daughter is called “Violet,” named after Captain W’s supposedly dead wife? And that’s why she managed to convince Captain W to abandon the Q submarine? Perhaps.
Note: Well ... Little by little I'm self-sabotaging ... I believed the mysterious woman was Beatrice ... But now I see that it probably wasn't Beatrice.
