Introverted Sensing: Grace is pragmatic and
methodical, the voice of reason (or so she thinks) to her children’s “silly”
ideas. The house has always been managed a certain way, and expects her new
servants and children to follow her rules.
She’s happy with this routine. She adheres to Catholicism and recalls details
about it when teaching, disciplining, or comforting her children (and gets
angry when Anne corrects what she knows about purgatory). It is primarily
Grace’s roots in reality and her strong memories of how life used to be in the
house was before her and her children’s deaths that keeps her from seeing she
is, in fact, dead.
Extroverted Thinking: Grace has a smooth, efficient
way of managing her household by herself and gives orders easily. There’s a
place for everything, and everything in its place. Upon the arrival of her new
servants, she assigns each of them to certain jobs and rooms that will suit
each person best, and doesn’t stop to make many pleasantries when things need
to be organized. She usually controls her emotions, keeping “a cool head” and
doing what needs to be done. She makes them study in separate rooms for talking
too much, and makes Anne stand and read aloud from the Bible for three days
straight until she confesses to lying. Grace trusts what she knows, and doesn’t
believe anything until she sees evidence of it herself, insisting things have
explanations (“Something traumatic must have happened to [Lydia]” to make her
mute).
Introverted Feeling: If Grace feels uncomfortable
talking about something, she won’t talk about it, and gets annoyed if pushed to
do so. Her own set of values are very important to her and she doesn’t change
them for anyone. Catholicism matters deeply to her, and she tries to instill
its values in her children. She doesn’t express her feelings or affection
towards the kids much through words, instead comforting Nicholas with a rosary and kiss. She
sobs in private when she misses her husband. Despite being cold sometimes,
she’s extremely protective of her children. She is offended when someone makes
her feel incompetent, such as when she thinks Mrs. Mills suggested it was Grace
who unlocked the door and endangered the kids and when her daughter calls her
out for being wrong about what the Bible says.
