“The same old melodrama line!” murmured Merry, seeming indifferent in regard to the woman.
“Are you going to let her go?” hissed Hodge.
“Yes.”
“Don’t do it, Frank!”
“Yes.”
“You are foolish! You——”
“Wait, Bart; we’ll talk of this later.”
“And she will get away.”
Hodge seemed inclined to make an attempt to stop the woman, but Merriwell restrained him, to his deep disgust.
Out of the room walked the woman, and she hurried straight from the hotel.