07-06-2020, 01:40 PM
Nick did not seem at all surprised about Marie's physical appearance (he was just surprised to see her, and Juliette didn't seem terribly broken up, either). And when they walked outside the house, his question to her was not what was she suffering from, but how bad it was. So I think Marie had probably been battling her illness for some time, they had already gone through the denial, anger, bargaining and depression stages and were well into the calmer acceptance phase when she arrived.