get a divorce, and she wouldn't because it was against the laws of her church."
"So is self-destruction," remarked Mme. Storey gravely.
Mary looked up quickly. Evidently this was a new thought to her.
"You considered that Mrs. Whittall was an unhappy woman?" asked Mme. Storey.
The girl nodded. "But I never heard her complain," she added quickly.
"Had she ever spoken of adopting a child?"
"Not seriously, Madame. Once I heard her say that a child was entitled to a father as well as a mother."
slippers was off. So it was judged that she had shot herself within the pavilion, and had fallen backwards down the steps. There were three steps. There was a bullet hole in her right temple, and so far as the servants could judge she was already dead. The revolver was still lying in her partly opened