The Lonely Bride by Fred M. White

Hunter laughed in a short hysterical kind of way that Cattley did not like at all. He could see that the former was bracing himself for the struggle, and that he meant to fight it out to the bitter end, still, Cattley had all the cards in his own hands; he felt that everything was on his side. Hunter seemed as if waiting for Cattley to proceed, but the visitor said nothing until, at length, the silence became intolerable, and the doctor was forced to resume.

-"I do not wish to lose my temper with you," he said, "but I am not going to sit down tamely and submit to be insulted in my own house. You must put it much plainer, or you must apologise for your unwarrantable assertion."