The gentlemen in the rain continued forward, and a woman appeared ahead on the path between the tombstones.
Holding a red umbrella in her right hand and a bouquet of flowers in her left, she crouched down in front of a newly erected tombstone. The woman had faded chestnut-colored hair tied in a simple braid, wore thick autumn clothes, and a red scarf around her neck that looked very warm. She seemed about twenty-five or six years old, but upon a closer look, there was an inexplicable sense of age about her.
The woman was not in the direct path of Shard and the doctor but was separated from the path by a lawn. Nonetheless, Shard stopped, and the doctor glanced at the woman placing flowers before the tombstone:
"A friend?"
"Not really, just an acquaintance... Doctor, wait for me a moment."
"No problem."
So, a black umbrella stopped on the path watching the autumn rain, while another umbrella moved towards Marilyn Handel.
