How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"I am doing it," he said, "because it is clear to me you have one of the palace's magic passages in your room […] And if you expect me to stand idly by," said Fairweller, "and let you become trapped or worse with magic—"
"Trapped?" said Clover. (16.107-110)
Fairweller knows what's up. He's figured out that the girls are sneaking off somewhere using a magic passage, and he makes explicit what they haven't really thought about yet: that they could be trapped, or worse. Clover's question at the end of this quote shows us that the girls hadn't really thought that far ahead, to the consequences of what they're doing. And, as we see when Keeper breaks loose, being trapped is actually one of the less-bad things that could happen to them as a result.
Quote #8
"I just don't like the idea of him toddling about outside the pavilion."
"Exactly," said Eve, bundled up so only her pink cheeks and spectacles showed. "If we did set him free, what would Keeper do? He can't have any lands or manor anymore." (18.10-11)
There's a thought: why does Keeper want to be free? What's in it for him? Obviously being confined to one place isn't any fun, but the girls are right to wonder why he's so keen on getting his freedom, and, more importantly, what he'll do with it once he gets it. Too bad taking revenge by killing the royal family as painfully as possible never crossed their minds as a possible reason for him wanting his freedom.
Quote #9
"Regiment practice. It is an old tradition, from the revolution. They say the rebellion—the cavalry—burst through the windows, thorns, and vines, and scooped up the prisoners from the magicked palace. Romanticized, of course." (18.41)
Freeing prisoners from a magic palace is not as easy as it looks, apparently, and it takes a certain skillset, not to mention bravery. We have to wonder just how many prisoners the High King D'Eathe took during his reign, if it took a bunch of cavalry to free them. Not a nice thought.