...did not con* stitute cruelty, as her husband had not suffered any bodily hurt actual or apprehended. Rudeness of language, a want of civil attention, even occasional sallies of passion and what merely wounds the mental feelings do not amount to legal cruelty.87 On the other hand counsel...

...has to be inferred from a whole set of facts and atmosphere disclosed by evidence. Mere austerity, temper, petulance of manners, rudeness of language, a want of civil attention and accommodation, if they do not threaten bodily harm, do not amount to cruelty. There must be a state...