Sophia rarely gets angry, and it's even rarer for her to explode like this. This is the first time Christopher has heard her call him by his full name in anger; he's surprised, truly surprised.
He stared at her for quite a while and, after confirming he wasn't seeing things, he replied in rebuttal: "How does happiness not relate to those things? Haven't you heard that poor couples find every aspect of life sorrowful?"
He consistently believes that only with solid material conditions as support can life be good and happiness achieved.
"Can you stop talking nonsense?" Sophia took a deep breath to calm her anger and continued, "Indeed, everyone has this sorrow, poor couples find every aspect of life sorrowful—do you know what this phrase really means?"
