I ponder the reason Hemingway never mentioned him, and I imagine - which is not to excuse him - that acknowledging the person who died in your place is a trauma

I ponder the reason Hemingway never mentioned him, and I imagine - which is not to excuse him - that acknowledging the person who died in your place is a trauma to be revisited. Instead of celebrating Fedele Temperini's death, it seems that Hemingway felt guilt and shame. Even though that's an easy reading of silence; I may be wrong.