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the mystery in Candida revolves round a number of things- the poet does not belong to the domestic sphere, who is the stronger man, Morell or Marchbank, so on and so forth. but i think that the secret in the poet's mind was to uphold Candida in the eyes of her husband so that he would start to value Candida a bit more than what he used to do. From the play we do get an image of Candida as a neglected wife, Morell being too busy with his sermons, preachings, etc. the poet's sensitive eyes were quick to notice this and all the domestic upheavels were more a sort of acting on the part of Marchbank. And the leaft the house seeing his plan worked out, that the husband had learned to value the wife!