By means of a monologue, the woman tries to comprehend why her husband was poisoned. However, this approach is but a facade for the audience. In the course of the story it can be sensed that she played a significant part in the poisoning. Thus it was not by coincidence that she had taken her children to her mother’s place that day, that she had cooked her husband’s beloved chili for him and waited what would happen after he ate that chili.
