Hoping he was wrong, Zedd brought forth a painful memory of his long-dead wife.

His long-dead wife was going to share his life again.

He whispered the names of his daughters, of his long-dead wife.

It had a high, squeaky, nagging voice that made him remember his long-dead wife, though he never understood a word it said.

Her clothes were old ones from the closet of Marco's long-dead wife.

For that's what her mother's room was, a reliquary for a woman gone, a monument to a long-dead wife.

He thought that his long-dead wife, Emily, had been in the dream, but he couldn't be certain.

Later that morning the mummified remains of Fletcher's long-dead wife had been discovered in his garage.

It faded into an image of a woman, Aleya, his lovely long-dead wife, the only woman he had ever loved.

He stood before the portrait of his long-dead wife.