Is There Any Romance Between Emma Lazarus and Charles Dekay?

There has been speculation about a possible romance at one point between emma lazarus and charles dekay, who was the brother of her best friend. It appears that whatever their connection was, it fell apart when emma learned something scandalous about charles. She definitely flirted with men in her life, and she also seemed fascinated by the idea of the so called boston marr ge of two women living together as a couple. But what is apparent is that while she had a very wide circle of friends, and may have had romantic feelings for various people or not, her work, both as a writer and an activist, was more important to her than anything else.