answer: #Person1# tells #Person2# and Mary that Tom has been having an affair. Mary isn't interested and thinks the rumor may not be true.
documents: #Person1#: Did you hear the news about Tom and his wife? 
  #Person2#: No. . . . what happened? 
  #Person1#: Well, Jane told me that Tom has been having an affair! I heard his wife caught him at a hotel with another woman! 
  #Person2#: Really? That's a shocker! I always thought Tom was a loyal, devoted family man. 
  #Person1#: Hey Mary, did you hear about Tom? 
  #Person3#: No, what happened? Is he okay? 
  #Person1#: Well, keep this under your hat, but it seems Tom has been having an affair! Everyone's talking about it! 
  #Person3#: You know, to be perfectly honest, I'm not really keen on office gossip. For one thing, how do we even know the rumor is true? Did you hear it straight from the horse's mouth? 
  #Person1#: Not exactly. Jane said that Phyllis told her that they overheard a conversation between Katy and her friend Samantha about Tom's affair. 
  #Person3#: Well, that doesn't sound like a very accurate source. I really think you should take this rumor with a grain of salt.