SQUID: Book the Second - Chapter 1-3

"I won't be gone agin, in this manner. I am as rickety as a hackney-coach, I'm as sleepy as laudanum, my lines is strained to that degree that I shouldn't know, if it wasn't for the pain in 'em, which was me and which was somebody else, yet I'm none the better for it in pocket; and it's my suspicion that you've been at it from morning to night to prevent me from being better for it in the pocket, and I won't put up with it, Aggerawayter, and what do you say now!" Book 2, Chpt. 1, Pg. 50-51

In this quote, Mr. Cruncher is complaining to his wife. Reading the passage we detect that he doesn't have a good relationship with his wife and that he has anger problems. Mr. Cruncher is explaining how he can't put up with her "abuse" anymore. He's weak, he's sore, he's tired, and he isn't making any money with his business. Also, throughout the chapter Mr. Cruncher had been complaining about his wives constant praying. He's very convinced that she is praying against him when in reality she is praying FOR him, but he refuses to believe that. He also calls his wife a "Aggerwayter" which is what he calls her because she aggravates him so much. Concluding his confrontation with her, he is sassy and ends the conversation in a sarcastic manner.