“He has hypnotized you! Oh, he shall pay dearly for this!”
The husband shook his fist at Frank.
“He has won my heart, and I can never be anything to you again,” laughed the reckless woman.
“Oh, you scoundrel!” shouted the man. “You have ruined my happiness! I swear you shall pay for it!”
“I think I have stood quite enough of this!” Merry broke out. “I deny that I have interfered with you in any way.”
“How can you deny it—liar?”
“If you dare use such language again, I’ll be tempted to give you the thrashing you seem to desire, sir!” flashed Frank. “I am very sorry this unfortunate affair has taken place, but I declare it is in no way my fault. At first I was inclined to protect this lady, but she has seen fit to make that impossible, and now I feel at liberty to tell the whole truth.”
“Tell it! tell it—if you dare!”
“I will, in a very few words. I confess that your wife threw me flowers from a box last night, and she came here to meet me to-day.”
“Then there was an appointment?”