Again, as hourly since the last interview in the depression in the hills beyond the well, the fine bigness of that lovable companion of his, that had vanished for all time from her life, rose in radiant contrast.

She turned back to her husband, with the pallor of longing and homesickness in her face.
"Does this other woman see no fault in this, your idleness ?" she demanded.
"She! By the Shades, she sees nothing in me but fault! I would get me up like a sane man and go out of this mad place, but she hath locked up her dowry away from me, which was the simple cause that invited me to join her, and bids me go without her.

And I might--but for one other attraction, dearer than the treasure, which also I would take with me." "Even if she forces you into deeds, I shall forgive her," she declared at last.
He smiled a baffling smile and she looked at him in despair.

The very charm of his personal appearance awakened resentment in her; his deft and easy complaisance angered her because it could be effective.

She hated the superficial excellence in him which made him a pleasant companion.