I don't know. Maybe she doesn't care how the show goes, exactly, as long as it does go.

[The Balladeer cares about his own show, a great deal. But he's not sure if Hester's been making an effort to forestall any murder here or not.]

Or maybe the Wizard has an opinion. If either one of them is a narrator like me, they won't really be able to force us to do anything - but they could encourage.