I would say obsessed, but if I'm wrong please forgive me as I don't really know the entire context of the story/text.
Explanation:
If it they are willing to take a whole hour for the narrator to put their head through an opening just to see the guy, then I would think that they are obsessed with the person.
I think that the princess sent her lover to the lady because she loved him too much to see him die. We can see this from her fears about the lover being torn apart and because we know how much she loved him.
