"Isn't this rather
sudden?" he managed to inquire.
"Oh no. You've suggested it more than once."
"I thought you didn't believe in divorces--couldn't stomach 'em?
What's happened?"
"I have changed my mind."
"Humph! People don't change their minds in a minute," he cried,
angrily. "Is there some other man?"
Now Ed Austin had no faintest idea that his wife would answer in
the affirmative, for he had long ago learned to put implicit
confidence in her, and her life had been so open that he could not
imagine that it held a double interest. Therefore her reply struck
him speechless.
"Yes, Ed," she said, quietly, "there is another man."
It was like her not to evade. She had never lied to him.
Ed's mouth opened; his reddened eyes protruded. "Well--" he
stammered. "Well, by God!" Then after a moment: "Who is it, the
Greaser or the cowboy?" He laughed loudly, disagreeably. "It must
be one or the other, for you haven't seen any men except them.
Another man! Well, you're cool about it."
"I am glad you know the truth."
Muttering to himself, Ed made a short excursion around the room,
then paused before his wife with a sneer on his lips.
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