I know what you mean about her 'not caring' anymore. I felt it myself and it was hard for me to imagine/accept. Fact was that she had already started detaching long before I was ever even aware that things were as bad as they were. That's why it was so hard for me to understand at the time. She seemed hard as a rock to me then. She was.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.
