The document on the top of the pile in the box related to Cyprus--the name caught her eye.

Another document was half-exposed beneath it.

Her hand went to her heart.

She saw the words, "Soudan" and "Claridge Pasha." She reached for it, then drew back her hand, and her eyes closed as though to shut it out from her sight.

Why should she not see it?
They were her husband's papers, husband and wife were one.