"Do you think it is a fast death?" Adelaide asked curiously as she sat down beside the other woman and smoothed the skirt of her gown. The sound of gunfire in the distance caused the young widow to flinch and place her hand over her heart for a moment until she started to calm.
"I am Adelaide Newbury, and you Madame?" she asked curiously, her lifeless eyes looking to the other woman as a lost smile came across her face.