She held out her hand. He grasped it, and hurriedly took his leave. She forgave him! She forgave him his desertion, which had nearly broken her heart!
He stopped in the street outside the theater, ready to denounce her to the silent sky; but in spite of himself began to smile, with reluctance, with an immense and grudging admiration.
“Upon my word!” he said aloud. “What a woman![Pg 41]”
MUNSEY’S
MAGAZINE
NOVEMBER. 1922
Vol. LXXVII NUMBER 2
Like a Leopard
HOW JOHNNY BRECKENBRIDGE RECEIVED A NEW LIGHT ON THE NATURE OF A GOOD WIFE
By Elisabeth Sanxay Holding