"
"Well, the Wainwrights are an old Westchester family, not very
wealthy, but of the real aristocracy of the county. There were
only two children, Laura and Marian. The Templetons were much the
same sort of family. The children all attended a private school
at White Plains, and there also they met Schuyler Vanderdyke.
These four constituted a sort of little aristocracy in the
school. I mention this, because Vanderdyke later became Laura's
first husband. This marriage with Templeton was a second
venture."
"How long ago was she divorced?" asked Craig attentively.
"About three years ago. I'm coming to that in a moment. The
sisters went to college together, Templeton to law school, and
Vanderdyke studied civil engineering. Their intimacy was pretty
well broken up, all except Laura's and Vanderdyke's. Soon after
he graduated he was taken into the construction department of the
Central Railroad by his uncle, who was a vice-president, and
Laura and he were married. As far as I can learn he had been a
fellow of convivial habits at college, and about two years after
their marriage his wife suddenly became aware of what had long
been well known in Williston, that Vanderdyke was paying marked
attention to a woman named Miss Laporte in New York.
"No sooner had Laura Vanderdyke learned of this intimacy of her
husband," continued Whitney, "than she quietly hired private
detectives to shadow him, and on their evidence she obtained a
divorce.
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