He had so thoroughly persuaded himself that he was protecting his mother, his brother, and sister from Mr.Mulready that he had never considered the matter in this light.
"Does your mother take his part or yours in these quarrels, Ned ?" "She takes his part, sir," said Ned indignantly.
"Very well, Ned; that shows in itself that she does not wish for your championship, that in her eyes the trouble in the house is in fact caused by you.

You must remember that when a woman loves a man she makes excuses for his faults of temper; his irritable moods, sharp expressions, and what you call snapping and snarling do not seem half so bad to her as they do to a third person, especially when that third person is her partisan.

Instead of your adding to her happiness by renouncing your idea of going into the army, and of deciding to remain here in some position or other to take care of her, as, I suppose, is your intention, the result will be just the contrary.

As to your sister, I think the same thing would happen.
"Your mother is certainly greatly attached to her and owing to her changed habits--for I understand that she is now a far more active, and I may say, Ned, a more sensible woman than before her marriage--I see no reason why Lucy should not be happy with her, especially if the element of discord--I mean yourself--were out of the way.

As to Charlie, at the worst I don't think that he would suffer from your absence.