Indeed, he did not see how he could do otherwise.
He had expected a storm, but not such a storm as this.

Never before in his fifteen years of married life had he seen his wife in such a passion, and there was no saying whether she would not carry all her threats into execution if he interfered with her now.No.It would be better to let her go.

The storm would blow over in time.

It was natural enough for her to go over and stay a few weeks with her people, and in time, of course, she would come back again.

After all, he had got rid of Jack, and this being so, he could afford for awhile to put up with the absence of his wife.