"I thought you must have some good thing in hand to make it worth your while to send for me." "Then I must try something else," reflected Mary aloud.
"I wouldn't advise you.

The man's only the surer to hate you and stick to her.

Let him alone.

If he's a stuck-up fellow like that, it will take him down a bit--when the truth comes out, that is, as come out it must.

There's one good thing in it, my wife'll get rid of her.