She wore untidy clothes, and her hair was unkempt.
She refused to give him beer.
Her breath smelled of onions and of garlic.
She threw hot soup upon him.
She continually upbraided him because there were no
children.
She scolded him in the presence of neighbors.
She refused to permit him to bring his friends home.
She came into his store and scolded him.
She accused him of infidelity.
She disturbed him when he slept in the garden on Sundays.
She made him cook his own dinners.
She spilled his beer when he drank quietly with friends.
She told tales about him among the neighbors, and injured
his business.
She served his sausages and his soup cold, and sometimes
did not have his meals for him when he came home.
She did not make the beds nor clean the house.
She took cards out of his skat deck.
She talked continually, and scolded him for everything or
nothing.
She opened the windows when he closed them, and closed them
when he opened them.
She poured water into his shoes while he slept.
She cut off his dachshund's tail.
These things, he said, made him prefer to be hanged to living with her.
Incidentally Holz, who is awaiting execution, expresses an earnest
desire to trade places with Herr Devel.
There is no accounting for tastes.