Meanwhile in Siberia, Anna was broken hearted Her mother was desperate for her daughter to move on with her life and burned all of Boris' photos, poems, and love letters, thinking that this would help. It did not, and as Anna said, (d.) "It was the most miserable time of my life." Finally, convinced that she would never see Boris again, Anna reluctantly agreed to remarry, as did Boris. Yet they never forgot each other, their first true loves.