Not once did her gaze leave her husband's casket, though at times it seemed she might buckle and succumb to the paralysing agony of it all.
Some among the crowd lowered their heads as the procession passed. Mostly out of respect. But also because it felt somehow indecent to bear close witness to this woman's torturous suffering.
Only two weeks ago, Rute Cardoso and Liverpool's Diogo Jota, both 28, exchanged wedding vows before family and friends. No more perfect celebration of their happiness, they said, could be devised. Diogo declared himself supremely lucky.