Susanne I thank you, but you said you are alone? A fine woman like you? How did you get this farms started by yourself? Robert asked innocently. Then he caught the tears in her eyes and realized his mistake. "Susanne, I'm powerful sorry about your husband. I shoulda known better. Why your way to young and pretty to have been living alone and running a farm.... and a powerful good cook you are too!  If your amenable, when I'm well enough I'll help you here. I  aint got much to go home to. The farms burned out and my parents are dead, don't have any brother's and sisters, so I'm pretty much alone in the world. Hell of a thing this war were in."