It 's a kind of brute instinct.

I find it extremely provoking!" He sat there for some time with his head in his hands and his eyes on the ground.

His lips were compressed, and he was evidently, in fact, in a state of profound irritation.

"You have succeeded in making this thing excessively unpleasant!" he exclaimed.
"I am sorry," said Rowland, "but I can't see it in any other way." "That I believe, and I resent the range of your vision pretending to be the limit of my action.

You can't feel for me nor judge for me, and there are certain things you know nothing about.