There are moments with him when he is very wild; but he never is cruel and never hard.

Is Mr Grey ever hard ?" "Never; nor yet wild." "Oh, certainly not that.

I'm quite sure he's never wild." "When you say that, Kate, I know that you mean to abuse him." "No; upon my word.

What's the good of abusing him to you?
I like a man to be wild,--wild in my sense.

You knew that before." "I wonder whether you'd like a wild man for yourself ?" "Ah! that's a question I've never asked myself.