Welded
To weld is to use intense heat to merge two pieces of metal together. This word refers to other kinds of joining as well. If two companies merge, they've been welded.
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When the narrator points out that Miriam would read Sobel's literary commentaries "page by sanctified page, as if the word of God were inscribed on them," the implication is certainly that Miriam is perhaps in love with Sobel. We might also infer at this point that perhaps Sobel writes at such length for the benefit of Miriam, and that he, therefore, is also in love with her.
I'm pretty sure it's personification, because hats can't really watch things.
