Quote Originally Posted by woweedd View Post
I'm not sure he COULD have listened.
He certainly could have listened. Whether he could have acted on what he listened to is another matter. But in fact he did not. He continued "badgering Hilgya with endless questions" even after she made it clear she just wanted to be left alone. That doesn't necessarily mean divorce - the marriage might have been tolerable if there was a constructive separation (i.e., living in the same household with little or no communication).

Granted, he could just allow her to leave...Which he did.
That's stretching the meaning of "allow" to its breaking point. He wasn't aware that she left.