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strength of his attachment to his business. To help Cupid along, they advised Dorothy to move to Rappahannock since it was unlikely that Merrill would sell his motor company. (The advice had a double purpose. Merrill’s family didn’t want him to leave Rappahannock either, according to daughter Marilyn.)
Mrs. Vance purchased the Massie house in Washington and although Merrill didn’t sell the garage, he did get married.
A friend remembered the day of the wedding. “Mr. Merrill’s the slickest human being alive. He slid ’round to get married (at the Clerk’s Office) and didn’t tell a soul. He asked Warren (Foster) to watch the garage for a few minutes—he never came back to the garage at all.”
When Merrill’s cronies figured out what had happened, they told Foster that
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