Lord Parker's current depression over losing Achillas was even affecting his marriage life, as even the beautiful wife he had once favored so much seemed unable to any longer elicit any joy within him.
Forget talking or sharing the bed with her, Lord Parker even refused to see her, barring her from entering his tent. Something like this would have been unthinkable even a few days ago.
Thus it seemed the couple's relationship had become gravely fractured, which in fairness was hardly surprising given how Lord Parker had thrown his lady out into the cold wintery wilderness without a second's thought upon hearing of his lover's distress and even threatened to have her executed in the morning.
Even if Miss Linda was a saint, she would have found her husband's deplorable.