Ruth rebukes Ellen by accusing her of causing the misery that has befallen the family. In 2016, two tragedies had befallen FMW. Alexander, fearful of the fate which had befallen his father, strengthened autocratic rule in Russia. It is implied that this fate has befallen to a great many afterlights. As my mother said, "This is the heaviest affliction that has ever befallen me". It was, essentially, the same fate that had befallen the Black Sox seventy years previously. Certain that something unfortunate has befallen his advisor, Paul begins to investigate Dracula. In the previous year's race, the same fate had befallen Greg Ray. In Bogside Conor witnesses the extent of the disaster that has befallen the Irish people. Convinced that some ill has befallen Arbogast, Lila and Sam drive to the motel.