The Duchess and the jeweler need each other. She needs his
money, and he needs her daughter Diana. They have an unusual bond. The two of them are
intimately contrary to one another. They are friendly enemies. One fears the other. They
have a strange relationship that involves cheating one
another:
They
were friends, yet enemies; he was master, she was mistress; each cheated the other, each
needed the other, each feared the other, each felt this and knew this every time they
touched hands...
One would
say that there is a lack of integrity on his part and her part. She is willing to sell
an invitation to see her daughter, and he is willing to buy that invitation. Truly, the
two have a business relationship. They use one another for each other's personal gain.
She knows that he needs her, and he knows that she needs him. He knows her personal
weakness, such as her gambling addiction. He is willing to sustain her in her gambling
addiction for an opportunity to see Diana. She knows his weakness. She knows that he is
writing a check for fake pearls because he desires to see her daughter
Diana.
No doubt, the Duchess detests the jeweler's
weakness, and he detests hers. Still, they agree to use one
another:
...his conversation/negotiation with the Duchess
is an exercise in duplicity, deception, and hypocrisy. Under the veneer of good manners
and social graces, Bacon and the Duchess are just vicious
animals.
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