That wasn't really a secret anymore. It was also possible that Elsa knew about Jacques. Fraulein knew, and she seemed to tell Elsa everything. Even if she hadn't, Elsa's ghostlike way of flitting around the rink unnoticed allowed her to uncover many secrets. You know, I hear about unmarried women who adopt children.
Movie stars do it a lot.
And when I was little, I knew an unmarried man who took in an orphan during the war. She called him uncle, but he wasn't really her uncle. Elsa handed the article back to Dmitra. Do what makes you happy. Tammy Sue could smell the bread baking from the parking lot of Leroy's apartment building.