I see! I hadn't made that connection.

I only thought how neurotic she was, to stay with him after he had been so cruel.

But it wasn't neurosis--or, even better--it didn't matter why she stayed, but that she did. That she forgave him (or didn't)--because she loved him.

And she was there at the end. I missed that, because one of the cats threw up or something--

I should have done a better job of watching.

I didn't see the hope at the end, although I did see the verger as a Messenger.