Marie, devastated, immersed herself in her research and took over Pierre's teaching position at the Sorbonne, becoming the school's first female professor.
Grief-stricken families prayed at a Buddhist temple after the bodies of those killed in a knife and gun rampage at a daycare center in Thailand were finally released.
Even Webster, broken with grief at his failure to receive the nomination, advised his friends to vote for Pierce and turned away from politics to meditate upon approaching death.
The boy accompanied Pershing's sister Mary to Texas while the devastated general continued to work hard, motivated by his devotion to duty and the desire to blunt the pain of his loss.