How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
She lowered him hastily to the ground, all too aware that she was embracing a naked young man—in circumstances considerably different than the various scenarios she'd imagined with her friends at school, or heard about from the earthier and more privileged day-girls. (13.77)
When Sabriel frees Touchstone from the prow of the ship, she's suddenly in close physical contact with a young man—well, a two-hundred-year-old young man. And after an entire childhood spent in an all-girls' boarding school, this is definitely a major milestone in growing up.
Quote #5
"Please, please, just Sabriel," she said tiredly. "I've only just left school—I'm only eighteen! Calling me milady seems ridiculous." (15.37)
Even though Sabriel is, in many ways, trying to assume the very adult job of Abhorsen, she's really not emotionally ready for it at first—and she's definitely not ready to be called "milady." It's like being called ma'am if you're used to hey, kid.
Quote #6
She looked at him, rather startled, and he found himself staring at the reflection of his candle-flame in her dark eyes. Almost for the first time, he really looked at her. He saw the weariness there, and the incipient lines of care, and the way her mouth looked a little sad around the edges. […] She was also beautiful and Touchstone realized that he had thought of her only in terms of her office, as Abhorsen. Not as a woman at all… (20.23)
After a perilous journey with Sabriel, Touchstone really looks at her for the first time before she goes into Death to find her father's spirit. His physical description of her is a reminder of how much she's grown up in such a short time, and this is the moment when his feelings for her begin to transform into romantic love.