How do Nancy's concerns about privacy, reputation, and loyalty affect her conversations with her sisters? What finally goads her into taking a more active role against their dangerous beliefs?

How do you suppose Nancy's concerns about privacy, reputation, and loyalty affected her conversations with her sisters? What do you feel finally goads her into taking a more active role against their dangerous beliefs?

I think everyone has these worries, but at some point Nancy finally realizes the bigger picture. She sees the death and destruction, the bombings, and she knows about the camps and deaths. She knows England could lose the war and that her sisters are fully inline with the enemy. She also relies that her silence makes her a collaborator, an enemy of the state. She is family to Churchill and she knows that he knows she is hiding valuable information.

Yes, I agree with the comments above. Nancy loves her sisters, but she can’t understand their political leanings. She has never understood the strong attraction that ties Diana to M, nor Unity’s fascination with Hitler from a young age. The author never really delves deeply into Nancy’s politics. However, Nancy finally realizes that her country and its people could be at stake if she doesn’t tell what she knows, that war and country are more important than sibling ties.

Nancy’s concerns are reflected in her conversations with her sister throughout the book. Her concerns influence her feelings about Diana’s separation and devotion to Mosley and also part of her failure to fulling understand Unit’y commitment to Fascism. There is much left unsaid between the sisters and Nancy’s failure to act is a direct result of this misguided loyalty.

I also agree with the insights ruthiea made plus of all the sisters she is private perhaps to provide a silent but emotional support to them even if not in agreement. The time came to she had to tell what she knew to insure the survival of her country and its citizens. Throughout the book though much of time these concerns and thought are expressed silently by Nancy.

I agree with ruthea. Nancy knew that Churchill knew that she was hiding something. As the war progressed it was only a matter of time before Churchill called her in to find out what that was. It would be better for Nancy if Nancy came to him first. Her loyalty to her country won out over loyalty to her sister.