Jane looked on stiffly, her face expressionless, just like listening to a doctor spouting nonsense and waiting her turn. Her true feelings were different:

How Dare He! 

Abandon his kith and kin fer 30 years, nary a word.

Wrote a letter back sayin' stay away, snapping the branch of peace she offered..

And now he cries.. Big tough Bill blubbing like a babe..

He has no right to cry.. how pathetic


But she said none of this aloud.  "There, There" she offered