Was she as comfortable as she could be here, anyhow?
....

He knew it must seem cruelly rough to her; but it wouldn't be his fault in the future if she didn't have things as she liked them--so far as conditions would permit ....

And after all, there women who enjoyed a wild life with their husbands.

There was Lady Burton--and scores of other women--Biddy had asked him to have patience--and he meant to be patient--he worshipped her too much not to be patient.

Well, she must be patient too with him, and with this queer old Bush which she would get to feel as much at home in as he did himself--in time.
He left her at her bedroom door, kissing her hand with the native chivalry that sat well upon him, and went back to his pipe and the waking dreams of an ardent but self-restrained lover who had practical as well as romantic considerations to weigh.