As Anna was about to be introduced to King Mongkut""s many children ("the royal princes and princesses"), she stressed how she might be leaving: "If there is to be no house, I shall have o get back to the boat before it sails," but he ignored her threat and imperiously commanded her to meet his royal children.He opposed requests for further credit, food or handouts: "Mr.Norwood can""t keep feeding you unless you bring in enough cotton to pay him," but then relented when his Ma Blake begged: "Can""t you charge it to yourself the way you did before, Marvin?" Marvin was naively unaware that his loyalties were slowly becoming torn between two worlds.[The image of a solitary, ""half-dead"" Harry - who was ""once somebody""s baby boy"" - at his workbench parallels Ann""s imaginings.Loomis.A rock thrown through her window contained a note: "THE EVIL CHILDMUSTDIE!" Dr.Loomis feared that the whole series of events, at Halloween-time, might happen again - the inhabitants of the town were irrationally scared.