At least this would be a pin-prick in the enemy's side! And then--then--a hand pulled aside the heavy folds of the stage curtain, and the next moment Max and Adrienne were standing there together, bowing and smiling, while the audience roared and cheered its enthusiasm.
Diana could hardly believe her eyes.

Max had told her so emphatically that he would not come.

And now, he was here! He had lied to her! The affair had been pre-arranged between him and Adrienne all the time?
Only she--the wife!--had been kept in the dark.

Probably he had spent the entire evening behind the scenes.

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