"Mother," he said after swallowing the lump on his throat.

Turning to look at him she dropped the little spade as she gasped. Undoing his suit button he slowly made his way to her before he went on his knees head bowed.

"Forgive me mother," he said in a gruff voice.

"No, forgive me my son," she cried. "I am the one who wronged you," she said as tears ran down her cheeks as she embraced her son.

Wiping her tears away she looked at him.

"Your wife seems like a ...