"What did she say ?" "She said"-- Doris spoke with an effort--"she said, or rather she hinted, that there was an old grudge between you and Major Brandon, a matter with which I was in no way concerned, an affair of many years' standing.
She said that was why you followed him up and--thrashed him that night.
She implied that I didn't count at all.

She made me wonder if--if--"-- she was speaking almost inarticulately, with bent head--"if perhaps it was only to satisfy this ancient grudge that you married me." Her words went into silence.

She could not look him in the face.

If he had not held her wrists so firmly she would have been tempted to turn and flee.

As it was, she could only stand before him in quivering suspense.
He moved at length, moved suddenly and disconcertingly, freeing one hand to turn her face quietly upwards.