His mother continually urged him to marry, but for a long while he would not.

He did not wish to marry.

Finally, however, he fell in love with a pretty girl, made her his wife, and brought her home, to his mother's delight.

But the mother's delight lasted for just five days.
She began to complain, she began to quarrel; the young wife replied, and the din of their voices greatly distressed the young man, besides making him an object of ridicule to his neighbours.

One evening, in a fit of passion, both women said they would stand it no longer.