"Ah, ah, ah! Oo!..." he muttered, recalling everything that had happened.

And again every detail of his quarrel with his wife was present to his imagination, all the hopelessness of his position, and worst of all, his own fault.

"Yes, she won't forgive me, and she can't forgive me.

And the most awful thing about it is that it's all my fault--all my fault, though I'm not to blame.