Forgotten for the moment, Cindy found herself seated in an armchair of the sitting room. It was an almost familiar environment. The decor was old and faded now, rose print paper more yellow than pink and the carpet a dust covered red, but almost the same as it had been when she had first arrived, back when she had been married. Oh my dear, poor Albert! What have I done? Carried away by those thoughts of money, of pleasing you and instead I awake to find myself a widow, your body long rotted in the ground.
Tears came quickly and Cindy wished she could hide behind her guise of the modern woman but there was no one in the room and therefore no need for the pretense. She found that she simply could not will that other personality to take over, not while such strong thoughts of Albert invaded her mind.
I was weeping as much for him as her; we do sometimes pity creatures that have none of the feeling either for themselves or others. — Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights