“Mr. Dombey was resolved to show her that he was supreme. There must be no will but his. Proud he desired that she should be, but she must be proud for him, not against him. As he sat alone hardening he would often hear her go out and come home, treading the round of London life with no more heed of his liking or disliking, pleasure or displeasure, than if he had been her groom. Her cold, supreme indifference attribute usurped– his own unquestioned attribute usurped – stung him more than any other kind of treatment could have done; and he determined to bend her to his magnificent and stately will.”
Charles Dickens, “Dombey and Son”
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