The fact is that he used the ignorant savage as a pawn in his mercurial rise 
to ultimate power. Whether every detail of his plans back in Seattle succeeded 
is quite irrelevant. He still used her, the slitch. He made her a servant, a 
slave to his will, just like he uses everybody. If he wished, he could use her 
in any manner he wanted. Why, if he felt so inclined, he could even arrange to 
have her right here on this bed, strapped down spread-eagled, a moaning abject 
slave to his basest physical needs...