"Audrey told me that you and that woman were coming down to see her. I ran away into the fog when Perry Toat would have arrested me, and caught the six o'clock train. On arriving here I went to the hotel, and they told me that you were on the pier. And now"--she turned violently on Miss Pearl--"don't you dare to marry my husband."
Miss Pearl drew herself up. "I certainly shall not do so. My reputation--"
"Is of the worst, you slut!" sneered Lady Branwin, beside herself with rage.
"It is wholly false," gasped the dancer, on her dignity at once. "I have an unspotted reputation, and my mother--"
"You are here alone with my husband. That is enough for me. How dare--"
"Don't cry out so, Dora; you will draw a crowd," said Sir Joseph, noticing that several people were turning their heads towards the pier.
"Yes, I will draw a crowd." She came towards Branwin, looking so fierce that he backed away from her. "You have ruined my life. I have lost Audrey through you. There is nothing left for me to live for, and if I do live I shall be arrested for Flora's death. You brute--you beast--you--you--" She backed him right to the end of the pier, and then, springing forward, threw her arms round him. "We will die together," she screamed wildly.
The next moment the two fell over into the deep water, and Miss Pearl ran wildly up the pier shrieking for help. It came too late. Both man and wife were dead.