"Artur, now do you understand why I didn't come home?"
Anna's words echoed in Artur's mind for a long time, even after he had returned to his room. Staring at the unfamiliar ceiling, Artur could only ponder over it.
Artur understood why Anna couldn't return to her family. He comprehended and recognized it as a valid reason.
Just as he had explained to Sergei why Cila couldn't return to Valya House.
Because she had found her home.
Artur wanted to laugh when he recalled how Anna, in the past, resented Cila for not being able to speak up against Gilbert's restrictions. His mother always appeared to smile and listen obediently to her husband.
However, now Anna exhibited the same attitude as the one she had despised in Cila. Artur understood that men and women were different creatures. If men were slaves of ambition, then women were slaves of home.