“I know definitely that it wasn’t a suicide,” she said. “Minerva wasn’t that type. Minerva wouldn’t kill herself and I don’t think Dover Fulton meant anything at all to her emotionally. I know she admired and respected him, but I happen to know that beyond the usual kidding that takes place in an office, Dover Fulton never so much as made a try for her while she was working for him.”

“Was Dover madly in love with her?”

“That’s the part I can’t understand. I don’t think he was. Minerva and I were very close. I don’t think she’d have held out on me on anything.”

“You mean you knew her that well?”

“Of course.”

I said, “In case anyone should be looking for me, I’ve been here and gone.”

“Someone going to be looking for you, Donald?”

“Perhaps.”

“Your office?”

“Probably.”