Yes, she supposed that she could expect something like 'you must consider yourself first' from Norrell. But in a twisted kind of way, she needed to know how someone like him thought about service to others. In some form or other.

"I don't think you have to worry about me going too far outside my comfort zone, Mister Norrell. But what if you did something small for someone, something that didn't take too much time but was important to them, and then after you did it for them, they just disappeared?"