Interestingly, Mabel's death is foreshadowed once again through the use of another gift from Mabel's "house". She is gifted seeds that she can grow into, however, she is warned not to cross-fertilize them. “Do not plant fennel near dill,” this is the decisive moment when O'Neill and Mabel will be destroyed. The two identities cannot survive together, the seeds symbolize the growth of something, foreshadowing that Mabel will be pregnant and flowers will grow from the seeds. An inevitable end for the flowers is that they die, which also foreshadows Mabel's death. The mixing of the two represents the loss of their identity and Mabel gets lost between England and Ireland, dying both literally and metaphorically from blood poisoning, it is the impregnation of Hughes' son that poisoned her. A bit like a plant, it needs both sunlight and water to survive, here we can compare the sunlight and water to that of England and Ireland, with too much sunlight and dying water and with the loss of both the plant cannot survive, its roots seeks the nearest source of water, perhaps in this case water for Mabel is if she chooses to "survive" with her English or Irish identity. In both Making History and Spies something natural is used to symbolize change, in Spies the smell of liguster brings back memories, restless memories. The gift of seeds from Mabel's house in Staffordshire brings back memories, even restless memories. It is difficult to put into words what the smell of liguster means for the main protagonist of Spies, here we can compare that it is difficult for O'Neill to be himself. Whether Irish or English. The naturalistic symbols in both Spies and Making History suggest that nothing can be done, it was not created by man or a series of events, it was a natural