At other times the sweetest and the most considerate of women, jealousy had now transformed her to a perfect fury.

She accused me of deliberately encouraging him; she declared she would turn me out of the house with her own hands.

Like other easy-tempered men, her husband had reserves of anger in him which it was dangerous to provoke.

When his wife lifted her hand against me, he lost all self-control, on his side.

He openly told her that life was worth nothing to him without me.