Rule of Rose Mysteries

I’ve long wanted to find some clever significance to the phrase “from the sky” other than having it merely be a reference to the cellar window.

Granted, whenever Jennifer would look out the cellar window, high above her, she would very likely see nothing but sky. And I suppose that Wendy could realize this and therein find some appeal in saying “I always watch you from the sky.”

But I confess that I would like to somehow find some some connection between “from the sky” and the sky wallpaper in Joshua’s bedroom.

Could it have been Wendy, I wonder, who was the one who had opened the window to Joshua’s bedroom? Did she open that window so that she could play with the toys there during her visits to Gregory’s house? Or perhaps reminisce about her lost friend (or her lost love?) Joshua?

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