[She smiles in relief and rests her forehead on his chest.]

I'm glad that you like them, and you have more than made up for those weeks of grief by being alive here and living with me as your wife once again. So please, do not fret so. It was my fault to have said anything so thoughtless to begin with.

[Perhaps talking about it at all would be detrimental in the future, she wondered. No need to cause pain where pleasure lived.]