Her heart beats much faster than Elizabeth's.
Abby's is vexed and nervous. Elizabeth's is quiet and plotting revenge.
I should not know them both so well. But, they tempt me, they tempt me. My heart beckons to theirs! How can you blame them for answering?
Abby has done only what she has been taught to do. And my poor Elizabeth was set aside, with illness.
All Abby has done was answer a call, follow an order, fulfill a request.
I could feel how afraid she was, at first. There were days when Elizabeth was only a room away from us...