A popular gest at many of the town's finest homes, he particulary enjoyed participating in the sombre discussions about Marta's disappearance that still came up from time to time over the dinner table. 'I could tell you about it, every little detail,' he said to himself with a self-satisfied smile as he strolled the boardwalk, exchanging pleasantries with good friends he met along the way. 'But of course I won't That's our secret - mine and Marta's.