"...." Jaylene Ziel was left speechless by his questioning; it was quite a while before she managed to say, "Then couldn't you just stay for me? When I'm in Bay City with the child, don't I also have to stay for you? If you can't even endure a bit of loneliness, how can you call yourself a man?"
"This isn't about whether or not I can endure loneliness, it's about whether or not I need to!"
Joseph Thompson stated his case with righteous indignation: "Clearly, you could stay with me in London. Why do you insist on returning? Tell me, who in Bay City has a greater pull on you than your husband?"
"I'm just not used to it here," Jaylene Ziel was worn out by Joseph Thompson's overbearing unreasonableness.
"It only takes twenty-eight days to develop a habit!" Joseph insisted on his viewpoint: "You've already held on for two weeks, so grit your teeth and endure another two weeks, and you'll get used to it."
