One at least of his wife's girl-friends had become more than a mere shadow for him.

I surmised however that it was not of the girl-friend but of his wife that Fyne was thinking.

He was an excellent husband.
I prepared myself for the afternoon's hospitalities, calling in the farmer's wife and reviewing with her the resources of the house and the village.

She was a helpful woman.

But the resources of my sagacity I did not review.