She has not returned to her old home.

Her uncle has just been here and he is as much mystified by the whole occurrence as I am.

He could tell me nothing, absolutely nothing." "Indeed! and the man, the one who whispered to her during the reception, couldn't you learn anything about him ?" Mr.Ransom's face took on an expression almost ferocious.
"No.

He's a stranger to Mr.Fulton; yet Mr.Fulton's niece introduced him to me as a relative." "A relative?
When was that ?" "At the reception.

He was introduced as Mr.Hazen (my wife's maiden name, you know), and when I saw how his presence disturbed her, I said to her, 'A cousin of yours ?' and she answered with very evident embarrassment, 'A relative';--which you must acknowledge didn't locate him very definitely.
Mr.Fulton doesn't know of any such relative.