The doctor sat up in his chair.
“She saw you just before she left him?”
“Yes.”
The two men looked at each other for a moment, and the older one smiled grimly.
“Then it seems to me that you can cry quits with Faunce,” Dr. Gerry said. “You’ve hurt him nearly as badly as he hurt you. You’ve made his wife see the truth about him.”
“You know I should scorn to do that!”
“You couldn’t help it. You can tell her all about it after the divorce.”
“I don’t see what you mean!”
The doctor smiled enigmatically this time.
“The judge is so angry that he’ll probably blazon the whole story out anyway, and ruin Faunce.”