There is an old saying about 'absence making the heart grow fonder.' Maybe separation is the thing to work the trick.

I've tried about everything else I know.
"But I'm in too much of a hurry! What a fool a man is! A few weeks ago, Bel, I said to myself that if Harmon were away and had no part in her life I'd be the happiest man alive.

Happiest man alive! Bel, take a look at me now! Happy! Well, why shouldn't I be happy?
She is here.

She is growing in strength and beauty every hour.

She cares more for me day by day.