chapter seventeen

He watched them through the woods. He had a cigar in between his lips, and his hands in the pocket of the his trousers.

So it was true, he thought. What Rhoda had told him about the both of them was true.

He took out the cigarette from his mouth and ground it beneath his boots,

“ little tramp.” he swore.

She would pay, they both would, he vowed.

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He put an arm around her, and held sweetheart’s rein in the other. She wrapped both arms around him, holding the bouquet of