How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I pulled [Lady Seymour's] arm. She moaned again, but I could not be gentle. I dropped the boxes and doll, draped her arms around me, and half fell down the rest of the stairs. Once on the ground floor, she tried to walk, but one of her legs was failing her. I opened the front door and dragged the two of us out to the street. (31.24)
If you don't think Isabel's a superhero by this point in the book, you might want to stop and assess what just happened. Isabel just carried an elderly woman out of the fiery inferno of her burning house. Not only that, but she manages to rescue Lady Seymour's husband's portrait as well and is willing to leave behind her prized possession—Ruth's doll—in order to do it. Now that's bravery and selflessness.
Quote #8
They walked over the ground where the gallows had been built last summer, where they hung the traitor Hickey. Back in August the Patriots had torn it down to use the wood for the barricades. The British had built their own hangman's platform at the opposite end of the commons. It could kill three people at a time.
The ashes in my soul stirred.
Don't do this. (35.7-8)
When Isabel watches Hickey's execution earlier in the story, it's not just attendance at a public spectacle—it's a reminder of what could happen to her if her activities on behalf of the Patriots were exposed. Again, though, her desire to help Curzon in prison overcomes even her fear of death.
Quote #9
When I thought what they might do to me, I went to the necessary and had me a good puking. But the next day, I made my way up there again – food for the prisoners, water for the Locktons, and every once in awhile, a message to the gap-toothed man in the brown coat at the Golden Hill Tavern. (37.81)
Isabel might seem superhuman at times, but she's not immune to the paralyzing, nausea-inducing fear that comes from doing something that could get you flogged or worse. Even though she's brought low by terror, she still has it in her to get back up and continue her mission.