by astushkin
Strange rendezvous on the tower
Epiphany foretells final hour
A union proposed
And killer disclosed
Ends in a shocking blood shower.
Of course, Stanford White was to come to a sticky end a few years later. His dalliance with Evelyn Nesbit would betray the fact that he did indeed have an appetite for the young ones.
Gratified that you caught the retrospective ironic observation about Stanford White. Bram had an inkling of his proclivities --- that's why he didn't want to let his little sister go up the tower alone with White!
Many had more than in inkling that Stanford White was a predator of the very worst sort. In the insular world of Gilded Age upper crust New York City, where money mattered more than anything else, most chose to look the other way.