sentences:  However they soon uncover another secret- Cartilia was not widowed, but rather divorced by her former husband because she was infertile and "too independent".The revelation destroys Marcus's trust in Cartilia, and Flavia is unexpectedly unhappy about it.As the Saturnalia comes to a close, Flavia is livid to find that Pollius Publius Felix- the object of her affections- had briefly visited Ostia to see Flavia's next door neighbor, Doctor Mordecai, with little mention of her.