She's glad about that, she wouldn't want Alice to think she is a coward. She's afraid of nothing and it's good that Alice knows that.

But the second makes her wrinkle her nose. "I do be being very obedient."

She followed the stupid train rules didn't she? She did what people told her here even if she disagreed and hated it. She was very obedient, it was one of the things she excelled in.

Had she let her training slip so much?