He looked deeply wounded, and his accent was that of a man righteously aggrieved.

'Lydia, I lay most of this absurd outbreak to your nervous condition, and so I can't blame you for it.

But I can't help pointing out to you that it is entirely uncalled for.

There are few women who have a husband as absolutely devoted as yours.

You grumble about my not sharing my life with you--why, I _give_ it to you entire!' His astonished bitterness grew as he voiced it.