She told him she made a rule of never marrying bankers. The next day he sent flowers, and a note saying that he’d relinquished his profession. - Clive Barker

Of course, there was Hobart. The Inspector was probably insane, but that was all to the good. And he had one particular aspiration which Shadwell knew he might one day need to turn to his own ends. That was, to lead—as Hobart put it—a righteous crusade.

And us?" said the Hag. "What happens to us then? Will we be free?
That's what we agreed."
"We can go into extinction?"
"If that's what you want."
"More than anything," said the Hag. "More than anything."
"There are worse things than existence," said Immacolata.
"Oh?" the Hag replied. "Can you name one?"
Immacolata thought for a short while.
"No," she conceded, with a soft sigh of distress. "You may be right, sister.

So he believes. The truth may be more...complex.