He was trying to bind her with promises, but she would not be bound.

Yes, she, Grace, had watched them, and would watch them.

Every night she brought me into her room, and detailed her observations of the day, and pitied and petted and caressed her poor darling.

I was weak in health, and unutterably lonely and sad, and I clung to her protection and kindness.

But instinctively I distrusted her judgment.