Toby has been saved, and Toby is a normal child with normal wishes, making his parents very happy, yet… Sarah is not.

Her father notices it more than his wife, but then he has known Sarah, and Sarah's mother, for far longer.

When Sarah passes the hall mirror, her father could swear the reflection makes a face at him, just as her mother's had, and he wonders if he can bind his daughter in iron and truly hold her.