"There's no need to call names," said Fane cynically. "I am at your mercy, so----"
"You deserve none."
"Calvert, I appeal to you," said Fane, turning to the other.
"You shall have strict justice, and no more," said Arnold, in an icy tone; "anything I do will be for the sake of your wife and child."
Fane shrugged his shoulders, and sneered. "Virtuous men," he said; "oh, what virtuous men! But had you been in a dilemma, as I was, you would have acted as I did. I had little money, having foolishly spent a lot on the furnishing of Ajax Villa. Also, I had to pay the rent. And you know, Calvert, how magnificently it is furnished."
"White Room and all," said Calvert, coldly and unsmilingly.
"Yes, I arranged that to surprise Flora. But after we learned that the money of Brand would not come to us, we did not get on well together."
"I guess you made her suffer," said Tracey savagely.
"No. The fault was with Flora. She thought I was in love with other women, and was jealous."
"She had cause to be. Go on."