The Lonely Bride by Fred M. White

Cattley had felt all along that all the cards of the game worth having were in his own hand, but he was genuinely surprised by this extraordinary statement. He had been so busy of late that he had had no time to discuss with Max Graham what power the latter had over Stephen Rice. Max had from time to time suggested that he had gone out of his way to prevent a card scandal at the County Club, in which Rice had been implicated. Cattley had imagined that this was at the bottom of it; certainly he never dreamt for a moment that Max was aware of this marriage; indeed, he was not quite sure of it how. It was just possible that Mrs. Hunter had blurted the whole thing out in one of her fits of passion, feeling that Cattley had known a great deal more.

The surprised expression of his face was not lost upon the actress. She broke into a bitter laugh--a laugh that was not altogether free from passionate self-scorn.