And she was practically wise too, after the manner of experienced women.

She made his married life much easier than it would have been without her generously full recognition of his rights as Annie's husband.

Her influence upon his wife, a woman devoured by all sorts of small selfishnesses, small envies, small jealousies, was excellent.
Unfortunately, both her kindness and her wisdom were of unreasonable complexion, distinctly feminine, and difficult to deal with.

She remained a perfect woman all along her full tale of years, and not as some of them do become--a sort of slippery, pestilential old man in petticoats.

And it was as of a woman that he thought of her--the specially choice incarnation of the feminine, wherein is recruited the tender, ingenuous, and fierce bodyguard for all sorts of men who talk under the influence of an emotion, true or fraudulent; for preachers, seers, prophets, or reformers.
Appreciating the distinguished and good friend of his wife, and himself, in that way, the Assistant Commissioner became alarmed at the convict Michaelis' possible fate.