But what one of them would not have done the same thing if he could?
And now I was seeing much of Dorothy.

What did it mean?
Was she only my friend?
Reverdy, her brother, was my most intimate friend.

Did she receive my attentions on account of the relations between him and me?
If she knew anything about Zoe she never betrayed it to me.

Surely she could not be in Jacksonville so long and be ignorant that Zoe was my half-sister.

At last I decided to explore Dorothy's mind.