She believes him, that he's happy for her; but that's not what she's really asking, and she thinks he ought to know that.
It's not until he asks about marriage that it occurs to her-- possibly-- that they've been having two separate conversations.
(It wouldn't be completely shocking if he was asking to marry her on the spot. But that's not the way he's asking-- he's asking what she thought before he came back, when it's self evident to her that she'd been thinking of herself as a widow, in every way that matters.)
"Are... you thinking about marriage?"
This is not the gentlest way she could respond, but honestly she's too bemused to know what to say.
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It's not until he asks about marriage that it occurs to her-- possibly-- that they've been having two separate conversations.
(It wouldn't be completely shocking if he was asking to marry her on the spot. But that's not the way he's asking-- he's asking what she thought before he came back, when it's self evident to her that she'd been thinking of herself as a widow, in every way that matters.)
"Are... you thinking about marriage?"
This is not the gentlest way she could respond, but honestly she's too bemused to know what to say.