She's my friend." That seemed to matter more than the fact that she was his wife.
"That hasn't mattered to you all along.

Why drag it in now?
Night after night you've danced with me; I've been at your beck and call; you used me to rescue you from Gray that time.

What are you?
What are you made of?
Unsophisticated! You!" He wasn't angry.

He was fumbling at reasons in order to try and get at her point of view.

"You know well enough that a man doesn't put himself out to that extent for nothing.