Neither of the two was happy with the situation, and at the end of April 1846 she had a lawyer write up a contract "to separate, altogether and forever, ... which would in effect be a divorce".
二人ともその状況に満足できず、1846年4月末には、彼女が「共にまた永久に分かれる...それは事実上離婚になる」契約書を弁護士に書かせた。