The motive was too common to be wondered at; but the means, however they might succeed by establishing his superiority in ill-breeding, were not likely to attach any one to him except his wife.
El motivo era demasiado corriente para que causara sorpresa; pero los medios, aunque tuvieran éxito en establecer su superioridad en mala crianza, no parecían adecuados para ganarle el aprecio de nadie que no fuera su mujer.