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« on: July 09, 2013, 03:05:31 AM »
It wasn't surprising to me. Barnabas is one thing, a confidant, love object, perceived equal, an exception. She deals with him on the same level. Willie is something completely different. Doctors put up a front, to maintain their semi-God-like, always-in-control image even when they don't know what's going on. Willie is a member of the public, and one she's responsible for, has authority over. She's scared that everything she's doing is wrong and would get her right to practice taken away. if not arrested, so she's overcompensating, by putting on the image of the stern and proper doctor. She's afraid Willie will leave, telling everything, so she'll pull out all stops to prevent this.