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It took just a few seconds before the crowd erupted into a flurry of whispers.

"Am I seeing correctly or is that really Mrs Marianna Brandon?" a man murmured, leaning closer to get a better view. "The one who supposedly died in that car crash?"

"She looks incredibly so much like her! I thought she was dead!" Someone else said.

"She was supposed to be dead…" another woman in a champagne-colored gown whispered to her companion, her gloved hand covering her mouth.

"Are you telling me? I was personally present at her funeral, how come she's alive and perfectly fine? This is indeed a miracle!"

"Yeah, a miraculous survival!"

"Miraculous survival? Or something else?" another voice speculated. One could clearly detect a note of suspicion in his tone.

"What do you mean? Is someone previously presumed dead coming back to life not considered a miracle?"