If I could mention you in the same sentence as that woman you should know why I am so certain.

As it is, I must ask you again to take my word for it." He paused.
"But, since you have raised the question--and it's interesting, too--I knew a man once--not a 'bad' man--to whom that very thing did happen.

And it didn't mean that he'd left off caring for his wife.

On the contrary, he was still insanely fond of her." "What did it mean, then ?" "That she'd left off showing that she cared for him.

And he cared more for her, that man, after having left her, than he did before.