Susanna smiled painfully, her hands folded in her lap as she toyed with this idea. "Oh, surely you must have a young lass waiting for you to come home from the war, Robert."<br/><br/>She sighed softly and then nodded, taking his hand inside her own. "You are welcomed to stay as long as you like, Robert. It will be good to have someone else helping around this farm when you are strong enough. Some of the work is just too much for me. We were married for six months before he was called to war," Susanna whispered softly. "It's felt like he's been dead since then. He sent letters, but I could tell he had been changed. I've visited the townsfolk occasionally, but I've been alone since this foolish war began." She sighed heavily and sat back in her chair. "I know the battle field must be terrible, but it is the ones left behind that truly suffer."