But he was not in love with Gudrun; he REALLY wanted Ursula, but for some strange reason, nothing could happen between her and him.

He liked to have Gudrun about, as a fellow-mind--but that was all.

And she had no real feeling for him.

He was a scientist, he had to have a woman to back him.

But he was really impersonal, he had the fineness of an elegant piece of machinery.