How could a man who had done that betray his own wife?

How, he wondered, could their falling-out have been prevented without Gold betraying his wife?

"And no matter how Troy justifies it, he has betrayed his wife."

I felt guilty for a moment, as if I had betrayed my wife in some obscure way.

I felt like I betrayed my brother and my wife.

To strike at the Cardinal, he betrays his chaste young wife.

Yes, I've done some pretty awful things, betrayed my wife, lived in a bottle for so many years.

Then - after betraying my wife to her death I destroyed a village, killing men, women and children.

Of course, no one had suspected he had betrayed his wife, sold her to another man.

Whatever he said, he had betrayed not only his wife and children but also Clarissa.