The lady accepted him without hesitation, and triumphed in her good fortune.
Dagworthy conceived that his end was gained; in reality it was the beginning of his disillusion.

It speedily became clear to him that he did not really care for his wife, that he had been the victim of some self-deception, which was all the more exasperating because difficult to be explained.

The danger of brutality on his part really lay in this first discovery of his mistake; the presence of his father in the house was a most fortunate circumstance; it necessitated self-control at a time when it was hardest to maintain.

Later, he was too much altered from the elementary creature he had been to stand in danger of grossly ill-using his wife.

His marriage developed the man surprisingly; it made him self-conscious in a degree he could not formerly have conceived.