She has been asked about this a great deal and the answer surprises people, so she gives it plainly.

She felt nothing that could reasonably be called relief and nothing at all like triumph.

What she felt, physically, was that her shoulders came down about an inch, and stayed there.

At sentencing, eleven weeks later, she read a statement that was four paragraphs long.

She had written eleven pages and thrown all of them away.

She did not address Nathan.