I thought I could marry him, and let him get the property, and then--well, I counted on getting a divorce." She looked up quickly into Ford's face.
"And you know you did promise not to bother me--just to desert me, you see, so I could get a divorce in a year.

I thought I'd come and live with Kate till the year was up, and then get a divorce, and go back home to work.

My father left me enough to squeak along on, you see, if I lived in the country.

Aunt Ida--that's Frank's mother--paid me a salary for staying with her and looking after her house and her rents and things.

And then, when you followed me out here, I was furious! Just simply furious!" She bent her head and set her teeth gently into the fleshy part of Ford's thumb, and Ford flinched.