Maududi holds that interest "develops miserliness, selfishness, callousness, inhumanity". For example, generosity is a virtue between the two extremes of miserliness and being profligate. As he aged, his modesty developed into miserliness. Some commentators suggest that there is actually no secret ingredient, pointing to Mr. Krabs' miserliness. His enemies exaggerated his faults; e.g. his supposed miserliness. He is torn between his miserliness and love for his wife Hellenore. Ingenioso, alone, is furious with the patron's miserliness. Henry VII's reputation for miserliness became worse after Elizabeth's death. There are numerous stories of Wood's miserliness, but it is unclear how many are true. However, Ainsworth does not describe miserliness in any uniform manner.