It did not escape the eyes of Dexter that, in the society of other men, his young wife was gayer and more vivacious than when with him.

This annoyed him so much, that he began to act capriciously, as it seemed to Jessie.
Sometimes he would require her to leave a pleasant company long before the usual hour, and sometimes he would refuse to go with her to parties or places of amusement, yet give no reasons that were satisfactory.

On these occasions, a moody spirit would come over him.

If she questioned, he answered with evasion, or covert ill-nature.
The closer union of an external marriage did not invest the husband with any new attractions for his wife.

The more intimately she knew him, the deeper became her repugnance.