Ann's Family Liking List

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We hear quite a bit about what the other Marlows, especially Nicola,  think of Ann, but what does Ann, probably the most mysterious Marlow, really think of her siblings?

In Attic Term that she we're told she feels she should be with her sisters to offer sympathy and advice on all occasions, her over-helpfulness and willingness to sacrifice herself for her siblings is legendary (and largely unappreciated), but in what spirit? Duty? Christian charity? Genuine familial love, despite the lack of any signs of reciprocal affection? Why does she keep unpacking their trunks and taking their turns at washing up, even though it only seems to provoke irritation or be taken advantage of?

Would she have called the home if she had been in on the secret in Run Away Home, even if it was likely to land the others in trouble? Will she forgive them for not telling her? 

It sometimes strikes me she behaves in classic Eldest Daughter ways, although she isn't. (That thing she says about wondering about Charlotte Bronte suddenly finding herself the eldest after her elder sisters die always struck me as significant.)

Also, if Ann had a Family Liking List like Nicola does, how would she rank her siblings? Would the events of Run Away Home be likely to change anything? ETA assuming that Ann would allow herself do anything of the kind, of course...