Le Comte St. Germain’s story ends up even creepier in The Space Between Section 14. It’s time to learn more about his connection to Melisande.
We know Melisande as Geillis Duncan. Of course, this short story hasn’t told us that in detail. We know her as Melisande of Rose Hall, and that’s what gave it away. Now it turns out that she was in Paris at some point, which makes me even more intrigued by Geillis’s story.
Breaking down The Space Between Section 14
The section starts with Le Comte St. Germain heading to a disused mine at the end of a cemetery. The smell from the mine is terrible, and Le Comte just hopes that people will assume that it’s a problem with the mine so that they don’t go in and investigate. It turns out that there are likely a fair few dead bodies in here, which isn’t that surprising when you consider he has likely been speaking with Geillis.
We know that Le Comte and Melisande have met, and she showed him this mine. He has learned his way through the mines since, but he leaves himself markers on it.
There’s a cache of gems and jewels in the mine, and this makes Le Comte think of time travel. He’s curious why the gems are burned up, and why that space reacts to different elements in different ways. I think this is the most we’ve ever learned about time travel in the world of Outlander, and reading this made me want to learn more. I love how different characters try to understand it in their own way.
In the end, Le Comte thinks about how he wants to go forward in time, but we don’t really know why. He knows he can’t travel until he knows if Madeleine is pregnant. He also needs to know that the baby will be born alive and that it is his. This whole situation just gets curiouser and curiouser.
Could this chapter be used in a TV series adaptation?
There is no way around not using this chapter. There is so much that makes us question more about Le Comte. It’s clear that he is planning something big, but the question is what that “something big” is. I’ll admit that it was this storyline that kept me engrossed in The Space Between.
How could the chapter be used, though? We could have flashbacks of him and Melisande talking, which would allow for a conversation about the gems and burning up in the stones. That’s the only way I can really see it at this point.
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