No, he would believe in her to the end! She was still all he had in life.

If she would not be his wife she should be his friend.

That happiness was worth all else to him in the world.

His was not to criticise, but to help.

Help as SHE wanted it; preserving her standard of personal honor, her devotion to her ideals, her loyalty, her blind obedience to her trust.
Mrs.Cavendish had seen the change in her son's demeanor and had watched him closely through his varying moods, but though she divined their cause she had not sought to probe his secret.
His greatest comfort was in his visits to Martha.