That his wife should have more inclination to another man's society than to his own would not pain him: what he required was that she should be as fully aware as she would have been of a locked hand-cuff, that her inclination was helpless to decide anything in contradiction with his resolve. 
That his wife should prefer another man's society to his own would not pain him: what he required was that she should know that she was helpless to defy him. 