Like an animal he was upon her.
"Aileen," he shouted, fiercely, in a hoarse, ugly, guttural voice, "you fool! You idiot--let go! What the devil's the matter with you?
What are you trying to do?
Have you lost your mind ?--you crazy idiot!" He seized her strong hands and ripped them apart.

He fairly dragged her back, half twisting and half throwing her over his knee, loosing her clutching hold.

She was so insanely furious that she still struggled and cried, saying: "Let me at her! Let me at her! I'll teach her! Don't you try to hold me, you dog! I'll show you, too, you brute--oh--" "Pick up that woman," called Cowperwood, firmly, to Sohlberg and the butler, who had entered.

"Get her out of here quick! My wife has gone crazy.

Get her out of here, I tell you! This woman doesn't know what she's doing.