You will be given a definition of a task first, then some input of the task.
You are given an English sentence with a blank, and you need to predict the missing word. After completing, the whole sentence should be gramatically correct and non-ambiguous.

who had been afflicted with as severe a blow through her husband and son eugenie she said to herself is lost and so are we the ____ as it will be reported will cover us with shame
Output:
affair