Lady Blakeney in the beginning of the novel vs. Lady Blakeney in chapter 19.

In Chapter Nineteen, we see Lady Blakeney without her mask for the first time. Rather than the cold, unemotional woman, we met early on in the novel, we see a woman who is frightened for herself, her future, her marriage..... and her husband. Instead of hiding from her husband behind an icy exterior, she bares her heart and finally reveals things she never should have hidden in the first place. In turn, we as readers, warm to her character.