He killed a Wildcat by chopping his head off with his axe, saving a mouse, the queen of all field mouse.
If you read the poem slowly and think about it, you get this mysterious type of feel.
This explains the tapping on the window, and later the knocking on the door.
Therefore the mood is mysterious.
Annie does not appreciate the love her mother offers to show she cares for her; Annie does not see a devoted mother, all she sees is a hypocrite because her mother made arrangements passage for Annie to England. <span>Annie cannot see that her mother is actually going to make her future better by doing so. </span>
