I have not a word to say against him. For many women he would make a model husband, but you are not one of them. And when you discovered this yourself, as you did, I understood that without difficulty. Yes, by heavens! if ever woman had been driven to a mistake, you had been driven to one there." Here she looked at him again, and met his eyes. She looked at him with something of his own fierceness in her face, as though she were preparing herself to fight with him; but she said nothing at the moment, and then he again went on. "And, Alice, I understood it also when you again consented to be my wife. I thought that I still understood you then. I may have been vain to think so, but surely it was natural. 
I have not a word to say against him. For many women he would make a model husband, but you are not one of them. And you discovered this yourself. Yes, by heavens! if ever woman had been driven to a mistake, you had been driven to one there."
Here she met his eyes with something of his own fierceness in her face, as though she were preparing to fight with him; but she still said nothing, and he again went on.
"And, Alice, when you again consented to be my wife, I thought that I still understood you. I may have been vain to think so, but surely it was natural. 