When Bruce brought Dick in, Alfred was wary; with Jason, he was cautiously hopeful Bruce was beginning to heal. With Tim and Cass, the emotions changed quickly to alarm then resignation. By the time there was Damian and Duke - not to mention Babs, Steph, Harper and Cullen, Alfred realized he should have seen the signs that this wasn’t necessarily Bruce healing but another coping measure, one he couldn’t mind because it banished the terrible quiet of the mansion.