"I imagined that it would be gratifying to you.

I imagined that the four thousand a year would be of some account in your housekeeping." "You were entirely wrong, then," Josephine replied.

"Whatever Lord Dredlinton may draw from your company, he has kept.

Not one penny of it has come to me, directly or indirectly." Phipps was staggered.

He did not doubt for a second, however, that he was listening to the truth.
"Say, this is the worst thing ever!" he declared.