He asks if she and the other women are making saltpeter for the war effort but she ignores him and states the women have a more urgent problem : no straight pins .
He reads the latest missive to his loving wife Abigail , who appears in his imagination .
He asks if wife and the other women are making saltpeter for the war effort but wife ignores him and states the women have a more urgent problem : no straight pins .
He reads the latest missive to his loving wife Abigail , who appears in his imagination .