s plans to have any sort of unprofessional relationship with Heloise; however, his way of getting close to her was by becoming employed by her uncle as her tutor (Radice, 67). This action showed that it was not originally Heloise’s choice to have him as her tutor, however because she was a young girl, her guardian was in charge of her personal relationships with others (Radice, 67). A similar situation was displayed in The Gossamer Years when the author’s father left for a post to the north. The father and the Prince made an agreement that the Prince would care for her in his absence (Seidensticker, 37).
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