Davies writes, "every clear thing we do seems to enable dora to raise fresh mists of the impossible and unjustifiable. We have to gauge and guard against all the tricky chances which may flow from: 1. The divorce petition going on and succeeding without claim for custody: 2. The same going on and being smashed: 3. The same being altogether withdrawn, the last being the only clear and reasonable course, although all the time we should of course like the divorce to succeed."