After her husband's financial speculations went wrong, he died and they were forced to vacate the house, which had been in their family for generations.
Cottrell, the speculation goes, would be a natural fit.
For the moment, she let speculation go and allowed her curiosity get the better of her with the matter at hand.
It was already being alleged that speculation in bombed cities was going on.
The speculation went on about the flight itself.
Much speculation went on about this and other matters.
"If he hadn't, the speculation and the pique would have gone on."
Where this speculation goes, though, no one knows.
I took first watch, since I didn't feel much like sleeping with all that speculation going through my head.
Without Michael around, speculation about Elizabeth's death dies down but never goes away completely.