Even though Anna hardly ever leaves Eyam, she feels constrained once the village is shut off from the outside world. The rest of the villagers feel the same way. As we'll see, this ends up making everyone stir crazy, to put it mildly.

Here, Anna wonders if she would have left Eyam if she still had her children to worry about. Ultimately, she realizes that she probably would have stayed put regardless, if only because her family wasn't wealthy enough to afford an abrupt uprooting.

After successfully delivering the Danielses' baby boy, Anna is struck once again by grief over the death of her children. On one level, it's comforting to see such a happy family and reconnect with her maternal side, but the experience also reminds Anna of everything she's lost. It'll take some time for that ache to go away.

There are some bright spots, thankfully. In particular, the successful delivery of Mrs. Daniels' newborn son shows that life always finds a way—to quote Jurassic Park's great Ian Malcolm.

Colonel Bradford has no use for Mompellion's egalitarian ideas about confronting the plague. All he knows is that he has enough money to evacuate his family, and that's enough for him. This is an especially significant decision because the Bradfords are the leading aristocratic family in the village.

Oh, snap—that shade is aimed squarely at the Bradfords. And it's a direct hit. Most of the people who remain in Eyam do incredibly courageous things to help their friends and neighbors, which only highlights the failings of the upper class in this situation.