I did. I knew. [ the words spill out like a hierarchy of honesty -- the simplest truths first, with explanations following soon after. ] He told me about the programming himself a few months after I'd arrived here.

[ it had gone poorly. because peggy hadn't reacted well at all -- not least because it was the first indication she'd ever received that hydra had survived. hell, had thrived. her life's work, rotted from the inside out. ]

But neither of them mentioned Howard. [ why would they? god, peggy would have crucified one or both. belatedly, she adds: ] O-or his wife.