You have much to endure, I know that, but it's no reason why you should turn against me.

I have never neglected my duty.

Is the duty all on my side?
I believe there are very few wives who would be as patient as I have been.' Reardon gazed at her for a moment, then turned away.

The distance between them was greater than he had thought, and now he repented of having given way to an impulse so alien to his true feelings; anger only estranged her, whereas by speech of a different kind he might have won the caress for which he hungered.
Amy, seeing that he would say nothing more, left him to himself.
It grew late in the night.

The fire had gone out, but Reardon still sat in the cold room.