Her presumptions are that her will is also everyone else's will. In a later occurence, the governess abruptly cuts off Ms. Grose in mid-sentence responding Ms Grose's supposed desire to kiss the governess, when no such request had been made. When Flora refused the governess's orders to study, the governess flattered herself by excusing Flora's disobedience as sole desire to spend time with the governess. After becoming the head of her employer's estate, the governess was warned not to contact the employer for any reason.
This lack of communication will only further the governess's own assumption of the trust she believes her employer has in her. Believing that her employer has full confidence placed with the governess, she does not report to him the strange occurences at Bly, even when she herself feels that the ghosts she apparently sees are dangerous to herself and the children. Only when she is forced reluctantly to notify her employer of the strange happenings does the governess allow word to seep to him.
Upon her arrival at Bly as former country peasant ascended to high status, the governess experiences her first encounter with the power she would soon long to acquire. By first assuming the role as the children's mother, the governess has Flora's bed moved out of Ms. Grose's quarters into the governess's own room. Slowly, but surley, governess seeks to control all aspects of the children's lives. After receiving the letter from Miles's head master at school, the governess refuses to respond to such a letter because she believes she knows what is best for Miles and wishes to be in full control. She refuses to allow the school any authority over Miles.
