"It is, especially when it is so much easier to just leave and live in peace." It is so much easier here than back home. While it would be difficult for the woman to find a job and raise a child by herself, it was possible, not as back home when the only way a woman could hope to secure herself was through marriage.
Anne's speaking fluent english, but her German accent is still evident as it's always been.
"Some men will do what they please, even if the woman is family or she is with child. They enjoy having power over another person and will do anything to keep it." Even if it means keeping them in fear, constantly worrying about whether or not one wrong move could send them to the executioners block.
She shouldn't recall those memories. They happened long in the past, the Henry there isn't the same as in this time. She has a boyfriend who appreciates her as her, a young girl who could possibly become like a daughter, and a means to support herself without relying on the charity of a man.
She took a sip from her tea, preferring it to coffee at this time of day.