I definitely got the sense that the cleansing of the spirit happened. I think it maybe is up for discussion whether or not this is a good thing. Susanna Clark though treats it as a sort of baptism, as asort of like regeneration. He still talks about Matthew Rose Sorensen as this kind of dormant person that lives inside his heart. But then he starts to just the knowledge that there are all these other people is enough to make him get that sense that this isn't enough anymore. And one of the wonderful things about Raphael is she says, I am not going to try to trick you to come out of this place. She's such a great character.