Rereading LS to BB# 6
I will now begin to consider Lemony's letters to Beatrice. The letter LS to BB#6 is actually a telegram. The letter was written at the end of the summer, during Beatrice's pregnancy. Everything indicates that she was pregnant with Violet. An interesting detail about asoue's chronology is that we know that Beatrice left the Island in winter, during Decision Day, which happens every year in winter. We know that Violet was also born in winter. If Beatrice was indeed still pregnant at the end of the summer, we would have to conclude that the departure from the island took place around March and Violet's birth took place around December. However, this would not make sense within the story, because between Violet's birthday and Decision Day, there are no three months. (Remembering that Violet celebrated her birthday during the main events described in TGG). We know that it is unlikely that Dainel Handler thought of all these details, but it is still possible to resolve this apparent contradiction due to the delay that can exist in people receiving information about the pregnancy of ex-fiancees, especially when these people are pretending to be dead. So when Lemony wrote this letter at the end of the summer, it is very likely that Violet was already born and he didn't even know it. So Decision Day happened in winter, and Violet was born a few days or weeks after Beatrice and Bertrand left the island. It is understood that there was such a delay, it is quite likely that information about what Betrice had done on the island, that is, found a cure for the deadly MM fungus, had not reached Lemony. I believe it is very likely that the danger that Lemony tried to warn Beatrice about involved the possibility of misuse of the deadly MM fungus. If the bitter apples near Serraria do indeed come from Beatrice's research work, then we know that this was a problem that managed to be solved, at least in part. Furthermore, the information that was passed on to everyone was that the deadly fungus had been totally destroyed. As Ish explained in TE, there was a fire in AA after the break in the tunnel construction, that is, after Beatrice and Bertrand left the island. So it seems that the dangerous subject the telegram was going to address involved the Gregor Anwistle Schism. The fact that Fiona was a baby at the time of these events only highlights the accuracy of these conclusions, as Fiona is slightly older than Violet. As I have already explained, I believe that Beatrice Jr had access to this and other letters before she wrote BB to LS #1. In LS to BB #6, we find expressions identical to those used by Beatrice Jr in BB to LS#1. For example: "The distance between us is so very far and so very trouble" and "for a bat to obey your orders". Another similarity is that Lemony describes the possible difficulties the written message will face in reaching Betrice using phraseology similar to the one Beatrice Jr uses to describe the difficulties her letter would face in reaching Lemony. Another interesting conclusion is that Lemony states in this letter that he and Beatrice spent time together in the mountains. Now that we know about what happened in ATWQ, we can only say that after Lemony's return from SBTS, he at some point went to VFD headquarters in the mountains, and spent time with Beatrice. This agrees with some claims made in TSS. Lemony refers to his companions in the VFD base as people of integrity and imagination. This is a description that contrasts with the view that Lemony seemed to have on VFD while he was in SBTS. Has his relationship with Beatrice softened that rebellious heart? Because everything indicates that it was there in the mountains that he fell in love with Beatrice again, since in SBTS, apparently he was free to fall in love with someone else, not even mentioning a possible relationship with Beatrice. It's interesting to note that Lemony didn't think Beatrice thought he was dead. Lemony was also fully aware of Beatrice and Bertrand's marriage. So this is a
strong indication that Beatrice never believed Lemony was dead. (Perhaps Bertand believed this). It is possible that Beatrice simply let Bertrand believe that she believed Lemony had died and so there was that possibility that if the baby was a boy it would be named Lemony. (I'd still like to know who the original "Violet" was.)
