Quotation Sammich, our claim

Claim: Tom is angry at his avaricious nature, and wishes that he would have spent more time with his wife.
Quote: "He [Tom] thought of all the evenings he had spent away from her, working; and he regrette them. He thought wonderingly of his fierce ambition and of the direction his life had taken; he thought of the hours he'd spent by himself, filling the yellow sheet that had brought him out here. Content of the dead man's pockets, he tought with sudden fierce anger, a wasted life."
Commentary: This quote literally explains to us that Tom is angry with his life choices, that he really should have prioritized Clare over his work.