She wanted to marry him.

She had set her will on marrying Halliday.

She never wanted to hear of Gerald again; unless, perhaps, she were in difficulty; because after all, Gerald was what she called a man, and these others, Halliday, Libidnikov, Birkin, the whole Bohemian set, they were only half men.
But it was half men she could deal with.

She felt sure of herself with them.

The real men, like Gerald, put her in her place too much.
Still, she respected Gerald, she really respected him.