Question: A guarded description of Annette also failed to provoke recognition.
Annette was hard to recognize even with a detailed description.

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: To which I reply promptly and significantly: 'Edward Whittington!'
I replied that it was Edward Whittington.

Answer: yes

Question: (In 1949, you could get a four-room Cape Cod cottage for under $8,000.)
Any real estate outside of Cape Cod in 1949 cost well above $8,000.

Answer:
it is not possible to tell