"I have said before that my husband's connection with your company is one which I dislike extremely, and I should be delighted to hear that it was ended." "If it were ended at the present moment," Phipps said slowly, "it would, I fear, be under somewhat painful circumstances." "What do you mean ?" Josephine demanded.
"What I very much hate to put into plain words.

Your husband has used money of the company's to which he has no right.

I have been paying him four thousand a year, hoping that indirectly I was benefiting you.

He has deceived me.

I see no reason why I should spare him.