Greta scoffs, a short huff of air through her nose. She's tempted to ask why Thomas didn't just try to marry her off, but she can answer that one easily enough on her own. Someone who murdered so casually wouldn't have suffered an unwanted husband for very long.

News of a second wife makes her cringe, especially Thomas's hesitant, almost shameful admission that he'd liked her. As if he shouldn't have cared one jot for the woman. That's probably Lucille's doing, too, and at Thomas's anguished look, she finds herself reaching across the table again.

"You... you couldn't have stopped her?" she asks. It feels like an unfair question. Surely he would have, if he could. But it's hard to get her head around the idea of Thomas being entirely helpless, even as the part of her that cares for him rebels at the thought of assigning him blame.