"It was very good of the paper to say so. Since I am indebted for your presence here to so handsome a compliment, I will waive the point of etiquette and inform you--of what you, surely, must be already aware--that the grounds on which a divorce may be obtained are various."
"I know that; that isn't what I mean. What I specially want to know is this--can a woman get a divorce from her husband because he gets sent to prison?"
"Because he gets sent to prison? For doing what?"
"For--for swindling; because he's a scoundrel."
Mr Whitcomb's eyebrows went up again.
"The idea that a marriage may be dissolved because one of the parties is guilty of felony, and is consequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment, is a novel one to me."
"Not if a girl finds out that the man who has married her is a villain and a thief? A thief, mind."
He shook his head.
"I find that that would be no ground for dissolution."
"Are you sure?"