Neither by hire wordes ne hire face,
Biforn the folk, ne eek in hire absence,
Ne shewed she that hire was doon offence;
Ne of hire heighe estaat no remembraunce
Ne hadde she, as by hire contenaunce.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Clerk’s Tale. Back to her roots in her father’s house, Griselda is as stoical as ever, her words and face betraying no signs that she had been done any offence and no remembrance of her once high position. You have to say, there’s a touch of class about that!