Seeing an opportunity to humiliate and punish the man, she discarded discretion, and appealed to the police.
As invariably happens in such cases, the woman came to her senses eventually.

Cooper found the climate elsewhere more inviting and remained away until the woman realized that she was plunging into a colossal scandal and withdrew her complaint.
But Cooper had placed himself in the power of the police, and now Fanwell did not hesitate to exert that power over him.
"Collins didn't leave the house until to-day," the detective explained.
"But he broke loose this afternoon when he learned that his brother-in-law's bank had busted and that all his money is tied up in the failure.

He was drunk when he left the house and the chances are he'll be more intoxicated when he drops in here." "But if it ever gets out that I acted as police agent I'd be shunned by everybody I know," growled Cooper.
"It will never get out," the other promised.

"You needn't have a bit of fear." The shadows in the room lengthened until it was difficult to distinguish the various objects scattered about the place.

The few members that had dropped into the club faded into dark images barely discernible in their broad leather chairs.