I know that you will come upon nothing dishonorable to her, or detrimental to our relations as husband and wife, in this secret which is destroying our happiness.

Her affection for me is undoubted, but something--God knows what--has laid waste her life.

To find and annihilate that something is my first and foremost duty.

It does not fit well with those other duties pressing upon me from the political field, does it?
That is why I have called in help.

That is why I have called you in." The emphasis was delicately but sincerely given.