The experience was tempered by the realisation that his work and expected life-mission precluded what would otherwise be considered normal relationships and by the mid-1920s the two of them had drifted apart.
Oplevelsen blev behersket af erkendelsen af, at hans arbejde og forventede livsmission udelukkede, hvad der ellers kunne være normale relationer, og i midten af 1920'erne var de to gledet fra hinanden.