A number of thoughts were running around in Fred's mind as he said a quick goodbye and an apology to Emma and dashed towards the exit. He saw that Rose had already hailed a cab and decided to follow her home.

　　He thought he was being careful. He thought he knew his wife well enough to assume correctly where she was going to go. He did not want things to go so wrong, that, too, in public, where people knew who Rose Brown and Emma Dreeme were. But fortunately for him, the ...