You made a mistake when you took me along." She straightened up slightly in the chair, yet spoke rather indifferently, her voice cold.
"No doubt I did," she said tersely.

"Indeed I have already discovered, Captain West, that I made an even greater mistake when I first took you into my service.

You have proven altogether too inquisitive.

Now I will be plain with you.

Whatever need I once supposed I had for your services ended with the explanation I received in that Arch Street cottage.