what call

川端康成の "雪国" を読んでいます。

'She's always liked to sing in the bath.'
'She said very seriously that I must be good to you.'
'Isn't she foolish, though? But you didn't have to tell me.'
'Tell you? Why is it that you always seem so touchy when that girl is mentioned?'
'Would you like to have her?'
'See? What call is there for a remark like that?'
'I'm not joking. Whenever I look at her, I feel as though I have a heavy load and can't get rid of it. Somehow I always feel that way. If......'

"What call" は何か問い詰めている感じがしますね。 この "call" の意味を調べます。 "no call" で使われる場合の意味と同じだと思います。

・Collins Dictionary: If you say that there is no call for someone to behave in a particular way, you are criticizing their behaviour, usually because you think it is rude.[disapproval]: There was no call for him to single you out from all the others.
・Macmillan Dictionary: used for saying that you think someone is behaving in an unreasonable or rude way: There’s no call for sarcasm!
・Wiktionary: (in negative constructions) Need; necessity.: There's no call for that kind of bad language!