Then came his transition. It was marital difficulty—his wife began to feel like a fly in the web—but it might just as well have been related to work or health or finances. Being reasonable, this man could see the changes he had to make. He could even feel the excitement of a new and less restrictive relationship with his wife. “In holding her less tightly, I’d free myself, too,” he said. “The guard is a prisoner too, you know.”
