Teleporting back...
English can be quite ambiguous. Take the third sentence. If it ended with an exclamation mark, the message means that we should go ahead and enjoy this garden, but also remember that we’re only keeping the seats warm. A winking emoticon can illustrate its playfulness. But if ‘we may’ was italicized, then the message reads that we’d better enjoy this garden, or else Linda and Michel are coming back to make sure we see the significance of it.
