"And this despicable rascal has dared to marry into our honest family!" cried Raimund, beside himself.
"Susie knew of it! He-he-he!" burst out Mr. Harfink, who now only too gladly accused the deceased.
"My mother knew it!" Raimund struck his forehead. "Linda surely does not know it!"
"Leave her in her delusion," said Eugene, sweetly. "One cannot change matters in the slightest, and all these years Felix has behaved so blamelessly, so nobly, so----"
He knew that his praise of Lanzberg would bring forth a new burst of rage from Juanita.
"Indeed!" now repeated the Spaniard, with malevolent emphasis, "nobly, blamelessly!" and seized the paper.
"No; Linda must know it; I shall write to her this very day!" cried Raimund.
"That you will not do," said Eugene, firmly.
"Why?"
"Because it would be vulgar." With that Eugene rose and took his hat.