The Branding Iron - Page 94/142

"No. I was waiting for you to tell her that."

"She mustn't know. And--and I can't meet her that way, at supper."

Again he made visible efforts at self-control. "Don't tell Betty what

a fool I am. I'll go out a minute. I'll be all right."

Betty was coming toward them. He gave a painful smile and fled.