"We'll go again for a longer ride. What do you say to to-morrow night?"
She hesitated, tried to decide against him, and before she could decide, consented.
"Don't forget," he said, "to-morrow evening." He leaned over and whispered to her. He was shoving a lever forward and the automobile was starting.
"Don't forget," he said, and then he was gone and Gusta stood looking at the vanishing lights of the machine. Just then Charlie Peltzer stepped out of the shadows.
"So!" he said, looking angrily into her face. "So that's it, is it? Oh--I saw you!"
"Go away!" she said.
He snatched at her, caught her by the wrist.
"Go away, is it?" he exclaimed fiercely. "I've caught you this time!"
"Let me alone!"
"Yes, I will! Oh, yes, I'll let you alone! And him, too; I'll fix him!"