She thought it possible that it would have been a relief to him to have struck, or shaken, or even kicked something or somebody; and yet she was not at all tempted to think the worse of him.

She did not understand, of course, the late aggravations of his trouble; but she knew that he loved loyally and thought his love in danger, and she gave him plenty of sympathy, whatever that might be worth.

She had obtained a considerable amount of influence over him, and used it, in general, for his good.

At present he was in rather an unmanageable mood, but still she did not mean to let him escape her.
"He looks dreadfully worried, poor boy!" she said to herself.

"Being shut up here day after day must be bad for him.