In fact, she was secretly grateful that he had granted her as much freedom as he had, whether from innate munificence or due to the distraction of his own heavy challenges. But in the powerful performance she felt affirmed in her choice and desire. She'd not cave in to the artificial demands or expectations of an early marriage that may have freed her from one set of limitations, only to mire her in another. She was not a deep thinker, but the concert worked on her deeply.