And I meant it, too.

Why, that yellow cur was sending letters to my wife urging her to leave me.

What do you think of that ?" Fanwell and Cooper shook their heads gravely, as if in sympathy with him.
"He dishonored my home!" Collins exclaimed with added vehemence.

"He stole my wife--he tried to steal her," he corrected with a sly grin.
"And that thieving brother of hers was in sympathy with him! Ever heard of anything like that before?
A brother approving the liaison between 'em?
And now Ward's bank has busted and I'm ruined! Fine state of affairs--what ?" Collins looked musingly out of the window.

He was in a talkative mood, yet Fanwell dared not prompt him into further revelations.