This is really an opinion thing. But say Jay Gatsby, because he knows how to have a fun time.
Answer:
Elizabeth denies that her husband committed adultery to try to protect him but she doesn't know that he already confessed to it. Then she is taken away because she lied in court and John tells her he had already confessed as she is being taken out.
Explanation:
I don't know what story this is from or what is really happening; however, from what I can tell, the author uses the phrase "the annals of parental vigilance" to heavily imply that Daisy's parents are extremely rigid in how they raise her, in an orthodox fashion. "Annals" is defined as yearly record keeping, and "parental vigilance" means that the mother is one that is always watching and correcting her child (from what I can tell.
