Nor did their conjugal relations draw her closer to him.

他们的夫妻关系也没有拉近她与他的距离。

The Puritan, again, an autocrat in his own household, had worn out three wives, and, merely by the remorseless weight and hardness of his character in the conjugal relation, had sent them, one after another, broken-hearted, to their graves.

这位清教徒又是他自己家里的独裁者， 他已经让三个妻子筋疲力尽， 仅仅因为他在夫妻关系中的冷酷无情的性格， 就把她们一个接一个地送进了坟墓， 心碎了.