I haven't gone back over the scene, so I'm just relying on my memory here.

There was a death. A grave, and she put flowers on it every month. Right? Whose grave was that? I can't recall the name off the top of my head.

Wasn't there mention of Lenore trying to befriend the bulette, as if it could be a pet? Is that a sign of loneliness, perhaps tinged with a streak of self-destruction?

Wasn't the initial dusty book in the tower a story about three doomed friends who grow to kill one another?

Her journal talks about her departure, yes. Wasn't she only supposed to be gone for a month?

--what purpose does her research serve, I wonder? If she's upset that she's being torn from her research, is it possible that this study is born of some madness, fueled by tragedy?