I did not know about Mrs.Dupont and Lieutenant Gaskins.

I realized there was something between them--a--a--slight flirtation, but scarcely gave that a thought.

What brought me here was a much more serious matter, yet this new information helps me to comprehend the other--the motives, I mean.

Mrs.Dupont's maiden name was Vera Carson ?" "Certainly; I knew her family well." "She came here, and was received into our family as a daughter of my father's sister.

If true, her maiden name would have been Sarah Counts.