In Of Mice and Men, what is Curley's reaction to his wife's death?(Chapter 5) of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

On Chapter 5 of the story Of Mice and Men,
by John Steinbeck, we witness how Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife and
leaves her partly-covered body over the the hay. The first characters to witness the
situation are Candy and George.

We can tell from the
reactions of both men (both yelled "Oh, Jesus Christ!") how terrified they are. We can
sense from Candy the frustration of seeing his dream of living one day with Lennie and
George just dissipate. We can also clearly sense George's panic when he realizes that
Lennie had to be the one who killed the woman. Both men, however, blame Curley's wife.
After all, she would always be looking around for some kind of trouble in the
farm.

Yet, although we can clearly detect the reactions and
emotions of Candy and George, it is nearly impossible to really know what was going
through Curley's head regarding his wife.

All that the
story tells us is that he joined the men, and all of a sudden came out of what seems to
be a momentary state of shock:

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Curley came suddenly to
life

Aside from this, all we
get is Curley's immediate reaction of hatred towards Lennie, whom he suspected of right
away, and the desire that he had to shoot him. The rage that we sense from Curley's
character towards Lennie is ten times more evident than any mourning or sadness that he
may have felt for his wife.

Therefore, we can conclude that
Curley's mind and energy were totally geared towards his hatred for Lennie, much more so
than towards love for his wife. For all we know, Curley may have cared less, and used
the situation as a long-awaited excuse to get rid of Lennie.