For all that Grace may have been unworldly, or apparently innocent at 16, we have this comment from Ch3 that I quoted earlier:
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They said I had a good character; and that was so, because nobody had ever taken advantage of me, although they tried.
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How many 16 year old servants of her time could make such a claim? This would seem to testify to some level of cunning, even when she was very young.