Those lines are spoken by Patrick Maloney almost right after he gets home from work. All that the reader is told before those lines is that Patrick had something the he wanted to tell his wife, Mary. Dahl never elaborates on what Patrick told Mary. All the reader knows is that Mary didn't like what she was hearing.
And he told her. It didn't take long, four or five minutes at most, and she sat still through it all, watching him with puzzled horror.
Based on his words about giving her money, it's likely that Patrick was telling Mary that he was leaving her, or that he wanted a divorce. The news was a shock to Mary, because she assumed that Patrick loved her as much as she loved him. Mary practically worships the ground that Patrick walks upon, so the news devastates Mary. Bummer for Patrick that Mary made the end of their marriage sooner rather than later.
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