Exactly! [Elizabeth nearly stood up again, but settled on gripping her skirt.] It wasn't a matter of just taking me away, it would never have been that simple with him.

[At least, she wanted to believe that it would never have been that simple. That she was kept in captivity not because of a collective do-nothing effort, but because of Comstock's influence.]

Please Mr. Lutece. I've already been through too much to have someone tell me I could have been free long before I was.