Minor Characters

I think the most intriguing minor character in the story was the mayor's wife, Mrs. Livingston. I find her to be the most interesting to me because of her personality at the end of the novel. She seems to act like a child, and Mr. Livingston is embarassed by her actions when Finch stays the night. It is almost as though he is caring for her as he would have cared for Marcus. I wonder if she became this way after baby Marcus' death? In the end of the book we find out she killed baby Marcus. Although, we do not know for sure if it was intentional. I think maybe Reynolds was trying to hint that Mrs. Livingston has post pardom depression. The reason Mrs. Livingston is so interesting to me is that I will never know for sure why she killed her own son. I will also never know why she acted the way she did the night of the storm. I'm guessing thats exactly what Reynolds had planned.