This chapter begins with Herr Thiessen pioneering fangirling over the circus.
This time, the circus arrives near his hometown of Munich, much to his delight, and he finally gets to meet with Celia, the two having exchanged many letters over the years.
He is surprised to find she is the illusionist, and is embarrassed to a strange degree, considering they had never met.
"'Most people don't recognize me outside of the circus,' Cilia says as he takes her hand.
'Then most people are fools,' he says, lifting her hand to his lips and lightly kissing the back of her glove. 'Though I feel a fool myself for not knowing who you were all this time.'"
They enter the workshop, there are some vague sentences about how Celia is apparently a savant at languages, and apparently taught herself German. Alright then.
Thiessen asks why she did not previously request that they meet, to which she responds that she wished to remain anonymous so he wouldn't view her differently, which I relate to quite a bit.
This whole prelude to the point is seeming rather frivolous, to be honest. There's nothing wrong with frilly writing, but when you can gloss over four pages with a summary of a few sentences, there's a problem.
They talk about reveurs, the original fangirls if there ever were ones, before moving on to the clocks.
Celia sees a clock that resembles the bonfire, one Thiessen says needs fixing, before she touches it and it begins working. This makes very little sense, considering the fact that the clock follows astronomical movement and that Thiessen said it would need to be dismantled...
BUT OH WELL BECAUSE MAGIC WOW
Anyyyyyway, Thiessen says nothing, as he always does about magic, and they go out to dinner.
He explains why he never asks about the magic (in a quote Kindle highlighted 2291 times), they go to the circus and he watches her perform.
This chapter was just tiring really. Fluff about Thiessen and Celia becoming friends. The only real plot is introduced at the end (even though it began chapter), as this chapter ends with the news of Tara's death.
*Cue Beethoven's 5th symphony
Hope the plot picks up soon; I don't want to slog through four more chapters of this abstract elegance.
Count on a short story up before Sunday.
Hello, when will you finish the rest of the Night Circus reviews? There are still many chapters left. Me, as well as many others would love to read your reviews on the rest of the book. Thank you!
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