She had reached the period of her life which had begun a month before that time, and at that point her story ended.
"Then you are not married ?" Beatrice's tone expressed an interrogation and a certain surprise.
"No," said Unorna, "I am not married.

And you, if I may ask ?" Beatrice started visibly.

It had not occurred to her that the question might seem a natural one for Unorna to ask, although she had said that she was alone in the world.

Unorna might have supposed her to have lost her husband.

But Unorna could see that it was not surprise alone that had startled her.