The comment which followed the forgiveness she sought gave Maggie pause. Before this conversation, she believed the stain of early widowhood was easily visible without the dark mourning clothes. There was a mark, an unexplainable look in a person's eyes, that only others walking the path could identify. However, this woman bore no such marks. Maggie would never have pinned the blonde as someone familiar with her struggles.

"He ... he made many mistakes. And now I'm having to pay for them." She tried to explain. Many new of Edmund's infidelity, but Maggie was still reluctant to speak of it. "I should not have spoken ill of him, though. He's not here to defend himself. "

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