Donald was Jahns’s husband and Marnes’s best friend; his memory remains important to Jahns long after his death.
Donald was married to Jahns and was Marnes’s best friend. He has been dead longer than his marriage lasted. His memory makes Jahns feel guilty about imagining intimacy with Marnes, although Marnes believes Donald would want her to be happy.
Jahns recalls being with Donald when she was young and Marnes was attracted to her.
Donald remains a remembered husband and friend whose absence shapes Jahns’s feelings about Marnes.