He turned to Strickland.

"Have mercy on her," he implored him. "You can't let her do anything so mad."

"She can do as she chooses," said Strickland. "She's not forced to come."

"My choice is made," she said, in a dull voice.

Strickland's injurious calm robbed Stroeve of the rest of his self-control. Blind rage seized him, and without knowing what he was doing he flung himself on Strickland. Strickland was taken by surprise and he staggered, but he was very strong, even after his illness, and in a moment, he did not exactly know how, Stroeve found himself on the floor.

"You funny little man," said Strickland.

Stroeve picked himself up. He noticed that his wife had remained perfectly still, and to be made ridiculous before her increased his humiliation. His spectacles had tumbled off in the struggle, and he could not immediately see them. She picked them up and silently handed them to him. He seemed suddenly to realise his unhappiness, and though he knew he was making himself still more absurd, he began to cry. He hid his face in his hands. The others watched him without a word. They did not move from where they stood.

"Oh, my dear," he groaned at last, "how can you be so cruel?"

"I can't help myself, Dirk," she answered.

"I've worshipped you as no woman was ever worshipped before. If in anything I did I displeased you, why didn't you tell me, and I'd have changed. I've done everything I could for you."

She did not answer. Her face was set, and he saw that he was only boring her. She put on a coat and her hat. She moved towards the door, and he saw that in a moment she would be gone. He went up to her quickly and fell on his knees before her, seizing her hands: he abandoned all self-respect.


请教老师： 

这里为何是 and to be made ridiculous before her increased his humiliation.呢？ 明明是已经发生了的事情，所以为何不是and having been made ridiculous before her increased his humiliation. 或者是 and being made ridiculous before her increased his humiliation.呢？ 这里用不定式and to be made何意？

另外，这里I've worshipped you as no woman was ever worshipped before 中这一块as no woman was ever worshipped before如何剖析呢？

他试图攻击其他人，结果自己到摔在了地上。这件事确实发生了。但这是不是就是丢人的事就不确定了。其他人人高马大，自己瘦小，打不过其他人也未必就是丢人的事。所以，To be made ridiculous 并没发生，而是大概丢人现眼。假如用动名词，则表示丢人现眼是确定无疑已经发生的事。这就是不定式和动名词作主语有什么区别。作者之所以用不定式，是作者站在旁观者的角度看问题，即Stroeve 可能感觉自己在老婆面前丢人现眼了（其实未必就是丢人的事），这让他更感到羞辱。

as从句为方法状语从句，as=the way.