marriage is an extraordinary thing - and I doubt if any outsider - even a child of the marriage - has the right to judge.
You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories.
The bereaved had never any doubt about their dear ones' wishes and those wishes usually squared with their own inclinations.
Juliet singles out Romeo. Desdemona claims Othello. They have no doubts, the young, no fear, no pride.