The Scarlet Godwins - Twenty-One

This is the final episode of The Scarlet Godwins, and the second of Marley’s unsent letters. In it she is still waiting for Otto’s second coming. She had been expecting him to come back sooner. This twenty-first letter is Marley’s final revelation. She writes in it, that if Otto doesn’t visit her in prison again, he’ll never know what happened. But if he does come back, he will be sworn to secrecy. Otto is nearing the end of his long walk. The story of Izzy’s involvement in Marley’s case has come to its climax. It is a climax that did indeed provoke Otto into a second prison visit, this time without his daughter. It is during that visit that Marley passes Otto her second ‘unsent letter’. She recites the missing poem, Secret Scarlet, and tells Otto what really happened to her sister. Finally, the question of whether Otto should be sworn to secrecy is answered.