In a way. [pauses, considering whether she wants to share something quite so personal as that]

If I left the house--got in a boat, went out into the world--it would be Robert's dying world. That isn't what I wish for. So he... [hesitates, still overwhelmed by what Robert offered her] He...brought a man to the house. A man who could truly take me away from it. A man who might be able to grant my wish.