Henry James 
My Friend Bingham 

‘My Friend Bingham’ is a short tale written by Henry James. It tells the story of a man named George Bingham; the friend of the narrator, whose name we later found out is Charles. They were sojourning during the summer, when Bingham accidentally killed a young boy while he and Charles were hunting ducks at the beach. Bingham, who never wanted to be married, ended up in said circumstances for he felt guilty of his actions—and to alleviate his feelings, he chose to marry the mother of the boy he killed, who happens to a widow.