" Yes, there's not the same flavor about me for him now.

If I go away from him, at the bottom of his heart he will be glad.

" This was not mere supposition, she saw it distinctly in the piercing light, which revealed to her now the meaning of life and human relations.

"My love keeps growing more passionate and egoistic, while his is waning and waning, and that's why we're drifting apart.

" She went on musing.