Grandma Meagram provides an outlet for Clare to be forthcoming with someone about Henry, which she can’t do under normal circumstances. Still, Clare’s need to lie to Grandma Meagram about Henry’s age points toward the issues at the heart of Clare and Henry’s relationship. Even if the couple will come together in a present where they’re at appropriate respective ages, it doesn’t erase the inappropriate nature of their earlier meetings, when Clare is a child under the influence of a grown adult.