"You better not marry more than one at a time unless you want to get arrested for bigamy," replied the old detective dryly as he pushed his way inside.
Ethel ordered them back and began to scream.
"Wait!" said Old King Brady. "You want to stop that noise. We aren't going to murder you. What's more, you have something real to cry for if you really love that Chinese husband of yours."
Evidently she did.
Ethel went into wild hysterics when Old King Brady broke the news to her.
It was easy to see that her grief was real even if afterward it should not prove to have been so very deep.
It took time to quiet her down and get her to the talking point.
At first Ethel refused to talk.
"Look here," said Old King Brady, "it's one of two things. Either we turn you over to your mother, who is in town, or we turn you over to the police. It is up to you."
This settled it.