Chivalrous?
Why, yes, you've been all of that and more.

I'll write to Annie and tell her that I'm very happy, and that I've got the very best--the very best--_husband_--in all the world.

I'll tell her that?
I'll say that--that my _husband_----" He heard her sobbing.

He could endure no more.

Suddenly he reached out a hand and touched hers very gently.
"Don't, ma'am," said he.