“You hear that, sir!”
Frank heard it, and he realized that his efforts to shield her had been worse than useless.
“As for you,” she went on, giving her husband a scornful look. “I thought I loved you once—till I saw Frank Merriwell. Now—now I despise you!”
“By Jove! this is getting hot again!” thought Merry. “What fools some women are!”
The man ground his teeth together and walked the floor. He threw his hat aside and tore his hair.
“I knew it!” he panted. “This cheap actor has won your heart! He has alienated your affections from me!”
“Don’t dare call him a cheap actor!” she exclaimed, haughtily. “He is grand and noble!”
“I must make a noble picture just now,” thought Frank, in deep disgust.
The words of the woman seemed to throw the man into still greater fury, and it appears that he was about to attack her.
“I’ll have to defend her if he does,” Frank mentally decided.