A celebrated garden designer hired by Thomas Smith to create an extravagant estate. He is secretly an impostor posing as the real architect. He develops mutual romantic feelings with Anna, showing compassion for her mental state. After a failed assassination plot by Fitzmaurice, he flees to the sea with Anna.
A formal commission where Smith funds Chrome's design work, unaware of the hidden agendas surrounding the project.
Juliana develops a romantic interest in the hired designer, adding emotional complexity to the household.
A mutual romantic attraction that forms the emotional core of the narrative's second half.
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