When there arose with him any question of interest,--question of interest such as was this of the return of Sir Marmaduke to her,--he would show it in all its bearings to his wife.
He had his secrets too, but his secrets had all been made secrets for her also.

There was not a woman in the world in whose company he took special delight in her absence.
And if there had been, how much less would have been her ground of complaint?
Let a man have any such friendships,--what friendships he may,--he does not disgrace his wife.

He felt himself to be so true of heart that he desired no such friendships; but for a man indulging in such friendships there might be excuse.

Even though a man be false, a woman is not shamed and brought unto the dust before all the world.
But the slightest rumour on a woman's name is a load of infamy on her husband's shoulders.

It was not enough for Caesar that his wife should be true; it was necessary to Caesar that she should not even be suspected.