And it's a certainty that I'll be despised.

It means an end to a career I found tremendously interesting.

I didn't need the money it brought.
But I--" "What in the world are you talking about ?" she demanded, drawing a little away from him.

"I--" "Listen," he interrupted.

"A lot of men, in my line and in others, have come a cropper in their careers, because of some woman.