When he beheld Jack he uttered a deep groan. ” Lucy became livid with rage. "There's my answer!" rejoined Wild, hurling the bludgeon at him, with such fatal effect, that striking him on the head it brought him instantly to the ground. The watcher's intake of breath was sibilant. “My wife refused absolutely to have anything more to do with me. There was still in his heart that fierce anger which demands physical expression; but he had to consider Ruth in all phases.