to think that charles had grown up here ... had touched these same stones and strode beneath these very windows , had stood , perhaps hundreds of times , in this exact spot ... . a feeling of awe gripped her , building and building until everything she 'd experienced these past twelve months indeed , these past few hours was swallowed up by the sudden , giddy relief that she and charlotte were finally here , safe at last , in this home that had been charles 's .