I am not a violent person, but wow, Anne slapping Jonas was satisfying. It may be a lesser punishment given that he didn’t just steal her confection – he also tried to kill her because I doubt he assumed that Challe would protect her – but when you come down to it, the slap was only part of his just desserts. The real price he paid was his humiliation: not only did he fail even to make butterfly wings in the time Anne made a whole butterfly and a flower, but he then had to listen to Anne and the Silver Sugar Viscount laugh at him in front of the king and queen while he lay face down in the dirt. Given Jonas’ personality and overweening pride, that feels like a very respectable price for him to pay, especially if you think about how it could come back to haunt him for the rest of his life.
Even without…
