She wanted to get a chance to be observed properly without being casually dismissed. She believed that she wasn't going to meet the old lady anytime soon, which would give her ample time to study properly. When she has a child, the old lady might show her mercy and not get rid of her.
By learning the old lady's habits and catering to her needs, which wasn't difficult as all she needed was a chance to get closer to the old lady. Through that dream, she found out that the old lady was truly lonely.
She was a wife, a mother and a grandmother, and yet, she spent most of her time with her housekeeper, without anyone to accompany her.
Her husband, despite having left the company to the first-born son, he was always on trips, seeing the world and having fun as if to compensate for the decades he spent working.
