Everything he said presupposed his own supremacy; he took for granted that it was his to direct, hers to be guided.

A display of energy, purpose, ambition, on Monica's part, which had no reference to domestic pursuits, would have gravely troubled him; at once he would have set himself to subdue, with all gentleness, impulses so inimical to his idea of the married state.
It rejoiced him that she spoke with so little sympathy of the principles supported by Miss Barfoot and Miss Nunn; these persons seemed to him well-meaning, but grievously mistaken.

Miss Nunn he judged 'unwomanly,' and hoped in secret that Monica would not long remain on terms of friendship with her.

Of course his wife's former pursuits were an abomination to him; he could not bear to hear them referred to.
'Woman's sphere is the home, Monica.

Unfortunately girls are often obliged to go out and earn their living, but this is unnatural, a necessity which advanced civilization will altogether abolish.