Doc Savage - 025 - The Devil's Playground, page 14
Monk and Ham reached the fire almost simultaneously. The pig was saved. But the scrap that ensued between Monk and Ham had other repercussions. Iris Heller, standing in amazement at the edge of the larger clearing, wrinkled her nose in disgust. She turned abruptly. Marquette Heller stood half a dozen feet from her. In an instant they were in each other's arms.
Monk saw that. He quit fighting.
"Crimminy!" he complained. "Even when I'm goin' good you can queer me with a dame."
Doc Savage's voice was soft behind him.
"They have been in love for years," he told them. "Marquette was too proud to ask her to marry him until he had earned the right. That made her angry."
Monk grunted. "Yeah," he said. "Women are like that. I'm off them for life."
Kenneth Robeson, Doc Savage - 025 - The Devil's Playground
