"I've been telling her things for her own good." Almost viciously he added: "And I'm going to keep on telling her."
Virginia rose, her face flushed. With some spirit she cried:
"No—you're not!"
"Who's going to stop me?" he demanded.
"I am," she said firmly. "I'm doing what I think is right and you're not going to bully me into doing what I think is wrong. If you ever mention my going back to my husband again, I'll—I'll—"
"I suppose you'll leave us as well?" he said sarcastically.
Fanny, meantime, was making frantic signs to her husband to desist. Angrily she exclaimed:
"Jimmie—will you stop?"
She was about to put her hand over her husband's mouth to silence him when Virginia interfered. In a resigned tone, she said weakly:
"Let him talk. No, I couldn't leave you. I've got to have some one to love. And you know I love you, don't you?"