Why did Hilda choose to remain a prostitute?
It seems weird to me she would choose to do so after realizing Malthus is the man from the prophecy. He even tells her in the church that she’s a hypocrite because she told him she loves him but kept doing what she does. Her behavior would make sense if that was her only source of income, but she already made plenty of money at that point and I think she even had other savings/properties even without what she saved from prostitution. She could have easily stopped and started studying or looking for a different job.
I’ve heard that she was just following the prophecy, but this just seems so unrealistic. The kind of woman who does that kind of job either likes it or does it because she has to. Considering she was able to just stop one day, the first one can’t be completely true for her and we know the 2nd one was no longer that true either considering she had enough money and already met the man she wanted. She could have simply stopped to show Malthus she means it. What are your thoughts?