The Duke of Hazard

There are several trivial incident that may have sent the Duke over the edge to divorce/ kill his Duchess. One instance is when his Duchess is when he let her ride a white mule around in a white orchard and thanked many men, not just her husband which made the duke think that she was ungrateful. This is shown in the quote “The bough of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule She rode with round the terrace -- all and each Would draw from her alike the approving speech, Or blush, at least. She thanked men, -- good! but thanked Somehow -- I know not how” which describes the whole incident. Another incident is when the Duchess seemed to dislike/ stop being happy around the Duke when he gave her commands which made him feel like she was not happy to serve him. This is shown in the quote “ but who passed without Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together. There she stands”. Lastly there was one incident where the Duchess suspected that she loved someone else as shown by the quote “'twas not Her husband's presence only, called that spot Of joy into the Duchess' cheek” when he was thinking that perhaps he was not the only one she loved. Those are all of the trivial incidents that may have sent the Duke over the edge to divorce/ kill his last Duchess.