[His Second Wife by Ernest Poole]@TWC D-Link bookHis Second Wife CHAPTER XXII 26/26
Who was that on a bench nearby? A fat man with a black moustache, his derby hat tipped over his forehead, and his two small piggish eyes morosely and narrowly watching her.
A detective--working for Fanny Carr! Ethel angrily rose and called to Susette and wheeled the baby carriage away.
But just as she passed the fat man, a small fat boy ran up to him. "Say, Pa," whined the urchin.
"Buy me a bag of peanuts." "Like hell I will," the fat man growled. And Ethel blushed.
How absurd she had been!.
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