Just look at the cold-bloodedness of it: there was I, a helpless cripple, in a good deal of pain most of the time, mad for a word of my wife; and that damned woman kept back her letters.

Talk about the cruelty of the Chinese--an ordinary woman can give them points, and do it cheerfully!" "They are terrors," said Lord Crosland with conviction.
"Well, there I lay; and I had to grin and bear it.

But, well, I don't want to talk about it.

The only relief was that once a week my stepmother seemed to feel bound to come and tell me that it was all for my good; and I could talk to her about the manners and customs of the banking classes.

Then, after five and a half months of it, when I was looking forward to getting free and to my wife, she came and told me that Pamela was dead.