He turned from her with an oath.
"I've been a good friend to him right along," he said in an angry tone. "He was fixed up for life, if he'd only behaved himself; now I'll put him in prison."
"So that you can make love to his wife," retorted Kitty coolly.
"I don't care two straws about his wife," replied Fenton, with a scowl. "You are the only woman I love."
"Then promise me to help this unhappy man?"
"Certainly not; you are asking me to compound a felony."
"I'm not a lawyer," she said coldly, "and don't understand legal terms. I am only asking you to save him from gaol for his wife's sake."
"You don't love him?" jealously.
"Bah! do I love any one except myself?"
"And your child," with a sneer.