His quick wit and love of life got her attention and won the hard-working investigator over for the next 76 years. They both were sure they’d be together forever until her epiphany sent her traipsing across the world after gold. When she came back, she had a new purpose he could not understand, and it didn’t really matter… she was leaving him for whatever she’d found. He used to find joy in his tournaments, in crafting, in life. He hasn’t found joy in anything since then; he just waits for their marriage to expire and tells himself she’ll be back.