The narrator tells us that Henry is very angry. He wants to know what's going on. The narrator says that she's decided to confess her feelings to him, but she doesn't want to hurt him. She wants to make him fall in love with her as a man instead of as his son. She's also worried that he'll be shocked by her declaration of love for him, since he's already been through so much. She decides to find out from books like Madame Darnay's "love counselling" and "playing hard to get" that there are no tricks that can be used to get a man to fall for you. She also remembers that when Henry tried to work on a saw, she was shocked that it said "for James" . She apologizes for being so hard on him, and she promises to come back to her old self.
The narrator tells us that Henry is very angry. He wants to know what's going on. The narrator says that she's decided to confess her feelings to him, but she doesn't want to hurt him. She wants to make him fall in love with her as a man instead of as his son. She's also worried that he'll be shocked by her declaration of love for him, since he's already been through so much. She decides to find out from books like Madame Darnay's "love counselling" and "playing hard to get" that there are no tricks that can be used to get a man to fall for you. She also remembers that when Henry tried to work on a saw, she was shocked that it said "for James" . She apologizes for being so hard on him, and she promises to come back to her old self.