"Please do stay with us... I am sure that Miss Danes will want you to speak on her behalf for things we might not understand," said Mister Zimmerman, and then he would stand and so would his daughter, pausing to wait for Tris to follow but his daughter almost ran toward where Pippa was.

The two women embraced tightly and they were both moved to tears. Upon spying the roundness of Pippa's belly, Mister Zimmerman's lips drew a line across his face. He was not jumping to conclusions other than empathy for her situation.

He remained silent and did not stop his daughter from interacting with a woman who could be seen as a blight for a pregnancy out of wedlock.

Assuming Tris followed, the older man would turn to him and murmur, "I am assuming somebody took advantage of her grief." He was not unkind about it, worry etched in his brow.