His private sense of injustice and disloyalty came later.

Then the iron entered his soul and it was on this very bread of bitterness he had now to feed it; for on this bread only could he grow to the full stature of a man of God.

His heart was bruised and torn, but his soul was unshaken, and the hidden power and strength of life revealed themselves.
First he threw all anger behind him.

He thought of his wife with tenderness and pity only.

He made himself recall her charm and her love.
He decided that it would be better not to argue the fatal subject with her again.