[knarf]

She was a surprising good friend of and to Scalia.

I prefer to think this might have been a pact of some sort, or at least a conversation the two had.

[BigEdLB]

They both liked opera.

[billorites]

"She was a surprising good friend of and to Scalia."

You make friends where you find them. I spent years in academia and mental-health settings. If I didn't make friends with liberals I'd have no friends at all.