"Sure, you're here now and that's great," except when she was making him talk about his problems. "But that doesn't magically make the fact you weren't around any better." He hated seeing Demelza looking upset, especially if it was his fault, but she'd asked and he was just saying how he felt.
"Stop what?" he replied innocently, despite knowing perfectly well what she meant. He wasn't in the most accommodating of moods.