(Almost suffocating with rage, wiping lips with back of free hand.)
You beast! You beast! You beast!
(Maid is starting to spring at him again.) No, no, Minnie! Stop! I can deal with him.
VANDERLIP
Not in a man's game, Freda.
FREDA
(All defiance.)
In a man's game, Floyd Vanderlip.
(She no longer winces nor struggles to free herself, but confronts him, head erect, expression of cold anger on face.)