Henrietta confronts Edward with her raw grief and resentment following the sudden death of John. She rejects Edward's attempts at comfort, struggling to reconcile the mundane reality of eating and drinking with the void left by someone who was more alive than the rest of them.
HENRIETTA: Shock? Oh, but I'm tough, Edward. I can stand the shocks. Was it a shock to you?
Were you glad? Is it grief? So quick. It can happen so quickly. One moment living— breathing— and— the next— dead— gone— emptiness. Oh, the emptiness. And here we are eating sandwiches and drinking coffee, and calling ourselves alive. And John, who was more alive than any of us, is dead. I say the word, you know, over and over again to myself. Dead— dead— dead— dead— dead.
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